Facelift for Mount Kisco, NY

A facelift that does not look like one

The facelifts people notice are the tight ones: skin pulled flat and an expression that no longer quite belongs to its owner. Bellava aims for the opposite — the same face, lifted from underneath, so that friends assume you have simply been sleeping well. For Mount Kisco that work happens roughly four miles away in Bedford Hills, around nine minutes without traffic up the Saw Mill River Parkway and along Route 117.

The surgeon and the setting

Chang Soo Kim, MD performs every facelift himself. He earned his degree at the Yale School of Medicine, trained in plastic surgery at Yale–New Haven Hospital and holds certification from the American Board of Plastic Surgery. The operation is done as an outpatient, under sedation, in Bellava’s Joint Commission–accredited surgical suite at 182 Route 117 Bypass Road.

What the operation changes

• The layer beneath the skin. Working through incisions around and behind the ears, Dr. Kim lifts the skin to reach the SMAS — the supporting tissue layer of the face — then tightens and repositions it to reshape the cheeks, jowls and neck.
• Fullness under the chin. Liposuction along the chin and jawline can take away fat that blurs the profile.
• Surplus skin. Only what is left over once the deeper layer has been lifted is trimmed, and the scars are tucked into the natural creases around the ear and along the hairline.
• Folds and hollows. The whole face is assessed, so nasolabial folds and marionette lines soften in step with the lift. Where cheeks have flattened, fat may be grafted into them, and laser resurfacing can be added to improve the skin itself.

Your first week back in Mount Kisco

You go home the same day with a driver. Small drains behind the ears and a supportive neck garment help keep swelling down; the garment is worn throughout the first week and then at night for a while longer. Bruising that remains can usually be hidden with makeup. If fat grafting or laser resurfacing was part of the plan, there are about two weeks of simple aftercare for those areas too.

Follow-up appointments are in the building where you had surgery. From Mount Kisco they take less time than most errands, which makes it easy to keep every one.

Mount Kisco patients ask

Am I a candidate? Typically people with loosening skin on the neck and jowls, deepening creases beside the nose and mouth, flattening cheeks and sometimes fullness under the chin. Non-smokers and those with less sun damage tend to get better results.

Is there something smaller? Bellava also offers a mini facelift, a neck lift on its own and a non-surgical liquid facelift with injectables. The main facelift page explains each.

Can my eyelids be done at the same time? Often, yes. Dr. Kim frequently pairs a facelift with eyelid surgery. Ask about it at your free consultation, and look through his results beforehand.