Lipoderma, the donor fat graft Dr. Frank Agullo has used alongside his own fat transfers, is now on the face menu at The MedSpa at Southwest Plastic Surgery, positioned above hyaluronic acid filler as the long-lasting option. In his words: what it is, how it compares to HA filler and to your own fat, which areas it treats, and the volume menu from 1.5 cc to a full-face 20 cc.
Read More →Lipoderma Is on the MedSpa Face Menu: Donor Fat in a Vial, Priced by the cc
Posted on: October 29, 2026 | Category: Injectables,Med Spa,Plastic Surgery News
Tuberous Breast Augmentation at Southwest Plastic Surgery: What the Consultation Sounds Like
Posted on: October 29, 2026 | Category: Breast,Plastic Surgery News
A patient hoping for a full C asked Dr. Agullo about her breast augmentation and learned she had a mild tuberous breast. His answers on the donut lift, the gland, over the muscle placement, and recovery.
Read More →Is It Filler Migration or Just a Bad Photo? How Dr. Agullo Tells the Difference at The MedSpa at Southwest Plastic Surgery
Posted on: October 28, 2026 | Category: Botox,Dermal Fillers,Injectables
The Megan to Megatron posts started from a year-old interview and at least one photo that may be AI-altered. No doctor is quoted in any of it. Here is what Dr. Frank Agullo checks in the treatment room when a patient asks whether what she sees is filler, swelling or the light: the thumb test, why filler swells long after it was injected, what overfilling actually is, and why a frozen forehead is a dosing problem rather than a Botox problem.
Read More →Ice or Heat After Surgery? What Dr. Agullo Tells Every Patient at Southwest Plastic Surgery
Posted on: October 28, 2026 | Category: Patient Resources,Post-Surgical Care,Recovery
Woman’s World asked doctors whether ice or heat is better for sore muscles, stiff joints and swelling, and Dr. Frank Agullo reviewed the piece. The version Southwest Plastic Surgery gives every surgical patient is shorter: gel packs from the freezer, every hour, for three days; then heat; and if the pack is too hot or too cold to hold in your hand, it is too hot or too cold for your skin.
Read More →Implants After Kids: The Breast Revision Consultation Southwest Plastic Surgery Has Every Week, in Dr. Agullo’s Words
Posted on: October 27, 2026 | Category: Breast,Breast Revision,Plastic Surgery Consultation
Cardi B told X Spaces she wants her breasts done again after four kids and is “very scared” to do it. Southwest Plastic Surgery hears that every week. Here is what Dr. Frank Agullo tells those patients: what pregnancy and breastfeeding do to an augmented breast, the rule that decides lift or no lift, why he supports every breast from the inside, and whether to wait until the family is complete.
Read More →The Miami Thong Lift at Southwest Plastic Surgery: What the Consultation Sounds Like
Posted on: October 27, 2026 | Category: Body,Plastic Surgery News
A patient with a two year old BBL asked Dr. Agullo about the second fold under her buttock. His answers on the Miami thong lift, the hidden scar, fat to the outer thighs, and fibrosis.
Read More →Before You Book a BBL Anywhere: The Miami Death, the Deadliest-Surgery Label, and Southwest Plastic Surgery’s Checklist
Posted on: October 26, 2026 | Category: Brazilian Butt Lift,Patient Safety,Plastic Surgery Consultation
Jennifer Arias, 29, flew from New York to Miami for liposuction and a BBL and died the same day of fat emboli in both lungs. The same week a comedian called the operation “the deadliest surgery you can get.” Southwest Plastic Surgery turns Dr. Frank Agullo’s protocol into the questions to ask before you book one anywhere, and the reasons he still says no.
Read More →Buttock Implants at Southwest Plastic Surgery: What the Consultation Sounds Like
Posted on: October 26, 2026 | Category: Body,Plastic Surgery News
A patient who had already had a BBL asked Dr. Agullo what an implant would add. His answers on projection, sizing, sitting, and the one risk he watches.
Read More →Looking Older Than Your Age, by the Numbers: The Harvard FaceAge Study and the Skin Work at Southwest Plastic Surgery
Posted on: October 25, 2026 | Category: Facial Rejuvenation,Med Spa,Skin Care
A Harvard model trained on more than 40 million faces can read your biological age from a selfie, and most plastic surgery barely changed its answer. What it reads is the temples, the folds beside the nose, the forehead, and whether you smoke. That is skin and volume, which is the med spa’s lane. Dr. Frank Agullo on what makes a face read older than the calendar, and what Southwest Plastic Surgery does about each part.
Read More →AI Before Your Consultation at Southwest Plastic Surgery: Use It to Prepare, Not to Diagnose
Posted on: October 25, 2026 | Category: Patient Education,Patient Safety,Plastic Surgery Consultation
MDLinx quoted Dr. Frank Agullo this fall on the AI failure he worries about most: a confident wrong answer in fluent medical English that the patient cannot check. Southwest Plastic Surgery sees both versions in the consult room, the patient talked into alarm and the patient talked into expecting too much. Here is his guidance on using AI to prepare, and where to stop trusting it.
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