Planned around a family, nine minutes from home

The hardest part of a mommy makeover for most mothers is not the operation. It is arranging the weeks after it: who does school drop-off, who lifts the toddler, who cooks dinner. Bellava’s surgical suite at 182 Route 117 Bypass Road in Bedford Hills is about four miles from Mount Kisco — roughly nine minutes without traffic — so you recover at home, and the people helping you are never far from the practice either.

What goes into the plan

A mommy makeover is a set of procedures chosen for your body after pregnancy, childbirth and breastfeeding, done in one session. Dr. Chang Soo Kim usually builds it from:

a tummy tuck to tighten stretched muscles and take away loose skin;
a breast lift, augmentation or reduction to restore shape or volume;
liposuction for pockets of fat that exercise does not shift.

Dr. Kim, who studied at the Yale School of Medicine, trained at Yale–New Haven Hospital and is certified by the American Board of Plastic Surgery, has performed hundreds of mommy makeovers. Meet him.

Your home checklist

Bellava asks patients to think through these before choosing a date:

Support at home. You will need real help in the early days, not just a ride.
Time away from parenting and work. Most patients need between two and six weeks to recover, depending on which procedures are combined.
Lifting. Heavier activity waits for Dr. Kim’s clearance, so decide in advance who carries the children and the shopping.
Expectations. Improvements show within weeks and keep refining over several months.
Risks. Scarring, infection and anesthesia complications are possible with any surgery, and Dr. Kim goes through them with you.

Why one recovery instead of three

Each part could be done on its own, months apart. Combining them gives you one anesthetic, one stretch of downtime to arrange childcare around, and a result designed as a whole rather than piece by piece. It is no surprise that the mommy makeover is Bellava’s most requested surgical combination.

Close by when it counts

Follow-ups are with Dr. Kim and his own team in Bedford Hills. From Mount Kisco, a check-up is short enough that it need not swallow the whole day.

Mount Kisco mothers ask

Should I wait until I have finished having children? Yes. Bellava’s guidance is that the best candidates are not planning further pregnancies.

Do I need to be at my goal weight? You should be healthy and holding a stable weight; the surgery is not a weight-loss method.

Can I see results? Browse Dr. Kim’s before and afters, and read our mommy makeover page. Your first consultation is free.

Mommy Makeover for Mount Kisco, NY