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

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.

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ISAPS 2025: Eyelid Surgery Is the Number One Operation in the World. Here Is Why It Keeps Winning

ISAPS 2025: Eyelid Surgery Is the Number One Operation in the World. Here Is Why It Keeps Winning

October 11, 2026 | Blepharoplasty, Facial Procedures, Plastic Surgery News

The ISAPS 2025 global survey puts eyelid surgery at number one in the world, 2,457,677 operations, up 16.2 percent in a year and 69.9 percent since 2021. Brow lifts rose 23.5 percent and neck lifts 13.2 while filler fell. I have been doing eyelids for twenty years, and the reason it keeps winning is in the first thing anyone looks at.

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Featured in Doctors Magazine: Why My Prices Are Published, and How the Consult Is Built Around That

Featured in Doctors Magazine: Why My Prices Are Published, and How the Consult Is Built Around That

October 11, 2026 | Cost and Financing, Plastic Surgery News

Doctors Magazine asked physicians how to talk about cost without shame, and Dr. Agullo’s answer was structural: publish the fees, keep the clinical conversation and the financial conversation separate, and never start the second one while the patient is still in a gown. Here is the feature, the fees page it points to, and exactly how a consultation in El Paso is built.

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ISAPS 2025: The Body Lift Era. Lifts Up, Liposuction Down, and What That Says About the Weight Loss Patient

ISAPS 2025: The Body Lift Era. Lifts Up, Liposuction Down, and What That Says About the Weight Loss Patient

October 10, 2026 | Body Contouring, Plastic Surgery News, Weight Loss Surgery

The ISAPS 2025 global survey shows liposuction down 11.4 percent and every lift up: upper body lift 38 percent, buttock lift 39, lower body lift 22, arm lift 13. Fat removal is giving way to skin removal, and I know exactly which patient is driving it.

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Nine Non-Surgical Treatments Fell Worldwide in 2025. Skin Tightening Rose 23 Percent. I Run Four of the Devices

Nine Non-Surgical Treatments Fell Worldwide in 2025. Skin Tightening Rose 23 Percent. I Run Four of the Devices

October 09, 2026 | Body Contouring, Non-Surgical Enhancement Treatments, Plastic Surgery News

The ISAPS 2025 global survey tracked ten non-surgical treatments. Nine fell. Skin tightening rose 23.3 percent in a year and 52.3 percent since 2021. I run four radiofrequency devices, and the numbers match what I see: patients stopped adding volume and started asking for firmer skin.

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