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The Mommy Makeover: How I Decide What You Actually Need

The Mommy Makeover: How I Decide What You Actually Need

July 03, 2026 | Body Contouring

Mommy makeover is a marketing name, not a single operation. Here is how I decide which procedures actually serve your goals and which you can skip.

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Liposuction 360 and Fat Transfer: How I Decide What to Remove and What to Keep

Liposuction 360 and Fat Transfer: How I Decide What to Remove and What to Keep

June 29, 2026 | Body Contouring

A patient once told me she was more afraid of a bad lipo than of surgery itself. Here is how I plan liposuction 360 and fat transfer so the result stays smooth and natural.

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What Nobody Tells You About BBL Recovery: The Four-Part Hygiene Protocol That Keeps the Smell, the Sweat, and the Infection Off Your New Curves

What Nobody Tells You About BBL Recovery: The Four-Part Hygiene Protocol That Keeps the Smell, the Sweat, and the Infection Off Your New Curves

June 18, 2026 | Body Contouring, Brazilian Butt Lift

Australia’s GP-trade journal reprinted my four-bullet BBL hygiene protocol last month. Hibiclens, bidet, two-garment rotation, post-op massage. Here is the full clinical version, with the reasoning a plastic surgeon would give.

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Preservation, Not Minimalism: How Modern Plastic Surgery Rethought Volume

Preservation, Not Minimalism: How Modern Plastic Surgery Rethought Volume

May 21, 2026 | Body Contouring, Facelift

Dr. Frank Agullo’s latest bylined article for Connectively reframes a common misconception about modern plastic surgery. The shift is not toward minimalism, it is toward adding volume without damaging what holds the body up.

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Diastasis Recti Repair: What Pregnancy Stretches, What PT Can and Cannot Fix, and Why Insurance Still Calls It Cosmetic

Diastasis Recti Repair: What Pregnancy Stretches, What PT Can and Cannot Fix, and Why Insurance Still Calls It Cosmetic

May 12, 2026 | Abdominoplasty, Body Contouring, Mommy Makeover, Tummy Tuck

A HuffPost reader paid out of pocket to repair the abdominal wall pregnancy had separated. Insurance called it cosmetic. Here is what diastasis recti actually is, what physical therapy can and cannot fix, and how I plan a repair in El Paso.

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Dropping the Weight Before the Tummy Tuck: How GLP-1 Therapy Is Reshaping Who Qualifies for Body Contouring

Dropping the Weight Before the Tummy Tuck: How GLP-1 Therapy Is Reshaping Who Qualifies for Body Contouring

May 11, 2026 | Body Contouring

She wanted a tummy tuck. She was told to come back twenty-five pounds lighter. Three months later we were in the OR. A surgeon’s read on GLP-1 therapy as the new on-ramp to body contouring.

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