Patient Safety Archives - Frank Agullo, MD

Texas Today cover, October 23, 2026: Dr. Frank Agullo in a navy jacket standing in the Southwest Plastic Surgery lobby in front of the Dr. WorldWide and Stay Beautiful neon sign, with the cover line What Matters in Choosing a Texas Plastic Surgeon and a Look at Dr. Frank Agullo's Credentials. Photo by Jorge Campos.

Which Board Certified You, and in What? Texas Today on Choosing a Texas Plastic Surgeon

October 23, 2026 | Patient Safety, Plastic Surgery Consultation, Plastic Surgery News

Texas Today put me on its cover this week with a piece on what matters when you choose a plastic surgeon in Texas. The short version is in the article. The long version, the one I give patients across the desk, is here: the four questions, the five-minute verification, why about 70 percent of my patients fly in, and why I turn people away every week.

BMI and Plastic Surgery: Where I Draw the Line at 35, and the Exceptions

October 21, 2026 | Body Contouring, Patient Safety, Plastic Surgery Consultation

Patients ask what BMI they need before I will operate. The number in my practice is under 35, ideally under 30, with exceptions made case by case. Here is what actually goes up above 35, why visceral fat sets a ceiling on how tight a tummy tuck can be, what the published studies show, and the conversation I have with the patient who has plateaued.

Ask to See the Vial: A Plastic Surgeon on the CDC’s Colorado Counterfeit Toxin Report

October 18, 2026 | Injectables, Patient Safety

Three women in Colorado developed numbness, weakness, voice changes and blurred vision within a day of a botulinum toxin injection, and the CDC found the product was never FDA approved. I see the other end of this in my exam room: the droopy lid, the uneven smile, and the patient who went to the ER. What I look for, and the five questions to ask anywhere.

You Did Not Have Surgery With Me. That Is Fine: Aftercare for Patients Who Had Surgery Elsewhere

October 16, 2026 | Patient Safety, Plastic Surgery Recovery, Recovery

Most surgeons will not see another surgeon’s patient. I do. If you had your procedure in Florida, Mexico or anywhere else and you are back in El Paso with a drain, a splint, a swelling that keeps growing or a question nobody is answering, here is what my office can do, what it needs from you, when it is an ER problem instead, and how it is billed.

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.

ISAPS 2025: One in Three Plastic Surgery Patients in Mexico Comes From Abroad. A Border Surgeon’s Read

October 12, 2026 | Patient Safety, Plastic Surgery News

The ISAPS 2025 global survey puts Mexico eighth in the world by volume but third in tummy tucks and fourth in breast lifts, with a third of its patients arriving from abroad, the United States first among them. I trained in Mexico City and I operate on the border. Here is what I tell a patient who is pricing the same surgery in Juarez.

Category: Patient Safety

Which Board Certified You, and in What? Texas Today on Choosing a Texas Plastic Surgeon

BMI and Plastic Surgery: Where I Draw the Line at 35, and the Exceptions

Ask to See the Vial: A Plastic Surgeon on the CDC’s Colorado Counterfeit Toxin Report

You Did Not Have Surgery With Me. That Is Fine: Aftercare for Patients Who Had Surgery Elsewhere

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

ISAPS 2025: One in Three Plastic Surgery Patients in Mexico Comes From Abroad. A Border Surgeon’s Read

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