Plastic Surgery for Katonah, NY

Katonah’s neighbour in the Town of Bedford

Katonah and Bedford Hills are two hamlets of the same town, and for anyone in Katonah, Bellava is about as close as a plastic surgeon gets. Our office at 182 Route 117 Bypass Road is roughly a mile and a quarter from the middle of the hamlet by Bedford Road and Route 117 — around three minutes without traffic.

That short hop matters less on the day you choose a surgeon than on the days after an operation, when a check-up or a question should never feel like an expedition.

What a three-minute trip makes easier

• Follow-up visits. A post-operative appointment takes a short drive, not a morning off.
• The ride home. Whoever collects you after surgery has you back in Katonah within minutes.
• Evening and Saturday consultations. We stay open until 7 pm on Mondays and Thursdays and from 10 am to 2 pm on Saturdays, so a first visit can sit around a train commute.
• One address for everything. The consultation, the operation in our Joint Commission–accredited surgical suite and every check-up afterwards all happen in the same building.

The surgeon you would see

Chang Soo Kim, MD is a plastic and reconstructive surgeon certified by the American Board of Plastic Surgery. He took his medical degree at the Yale School of Medicine, completed his plastic surgery residency at Yale–New Haven Hospital and belongs to the American Society of Plastic Surgeons. His work spans the face, the breasts and the body, and his own description of the goal is to enhance the features a patient already has rather than to alter them.

Procedures Katonah residents come in for

• Body: tummy tuck — Dr. Kim has performed more than 500 — plus mommy makeover and Brazilian butt lift, with non-surgical laser lipo for stubborn pockets of fat.
• Breast: augmentation with implants or with your own fat, lift, reduction and gynecomastia surgery for men.
• Face: facelift, neck lift, eyelid surgery and rhinoplasty.

Not every answer is an operation

Bellava is a medical spa as well as a surgical practice. The injector team, led by Donna D’Alessio, MD, offers Botox and dermal fillers, and CoolSculpting and laser skin treatments are offered in the same building. If a lighter treatment would do the job, you will hear that at your consultation rather than a sales pitch for surgery.

Katonah patients ask

Do I need to know which procedure I want before I book? No. Plenty of people simply describe what bothers them. Dr. Kim examines you, explains what would and would not help, and recommends a procedure — or none.

What does the consultation cost? Nothing. It is free, private and does not commit you to booking anything.

Can I spread the cost? Yes. Bellava offers financing, and the options are explained when you come in.

Where can I see his work? In the before and after gallery, which shows Dr. Kim’s own patients across breast, body and face procedures.