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An Hour Longer, One Recovery: How I Plan Surgery for the GLP-1 Patient in El Paso

An Hour Longer, One Recovery: How I Plan Surgery for the GLP-1 Patient in El Paso

October 15, 2026 | Body Contouring, Face, Weight Loss Surgery

One in three of my consults now involves a patient who has lost weight on a GLP-1. The operation they ask for first surprised me. Here is what changes in my operating room for these patients, what combining procedures saves, why the surgery is capped at six to eight hours, and the one instruction I give every GLP-1 patient before surgery day.

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ISAPS 2025: Fillers Fell a Quarter Worldwide. Fat Grafting Held. A Year Later, the Tax Came Due

ISAPS 2025: Fillers Fell a Quarter Worldwide. Fat Grafting Held. A Year Later, the Tax Came Due

October 14, 2026 | Facial Procedures, Fat Transfer, Plastic Surgery News

A year ago I called fillers a tax. The ISAPS 2025 global survey now shows hyaluronic acid filler down 25.2 percent in a single year, every other injectable filler down with it, and fat grafting to the face holding at nearly a million procedures, up 60 percent since 2021. Here is why patients are switching, and what fat can and cannot do.

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Breast Implant Rippling in El Paso: Fat Grafting, Donor Fat, or Under the Muscle

Breast Implant Rippling in El Paso: Fat Grafting, Donor Fat, or Under the Muscle

October 14, 2026 | Breast, Breast Augmentation Revision

A year after augmentation, a thin athletic patient could feel the ripple before she could see it. Dr. Agullo’s real answers on three ways to fix it.

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ISAPS 2025: Men Pulled Back Worldwide. In My Office They Did the Opposite

ISAPS 2025: Men Pulled Back Worldwide. In My Office They Did the Opposite

October 13, 2026 | Male Procedures, Plastic Surgery News

The ISAPS 2025 global survey says men’s aesthetic procedures fell 14.1 percent in a year, twice the drop for women, and gynecomastia surgery fell 26 percent. My practice went the other way. Here is what the men in my waiting room are asking for, and why I think the GLP-1s are the reason.

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Mother or Daughter? A Facelift Almost Ten Years Later

Mother or Daughter? A Facelift Almost Ten Years Later

October 13, 2026 | Facelift, Facial Procedures

Mom is 23 years older than her daughter, and I performed her facelift almost ten years ago. I put half of each face side by side on Instagram and asked people to guess. Here is why that test works, and what a deep plane facelift is built to keep.

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The Peptide Vial on My Exam Table: What I Told MDLinx, and What It Means Before Surgery

The Peptide Vial on My Exam Table: What I Told MDLinx, and What It Means Before Surgery

October 13, 2026 | Male Procedures, Patient Safety, Recovery

MDLinx asked me what happens when do-it-yourself peptide injections land patients in the clinic. In my practice they land on the exam table before a surgery, as nodules at old injection sites or, once, as an abscess with fevers and night sweats. Here is the vial-and-syringe check, the anonymized case, and the injection-site rule I give every patient.

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