The ISAPS 2025 global survey shows liposuction down and every lift up, with upper body lifts rising 38 percent and buttock lifts 39 percent in a single year. Dr. Frank Agullo explains why skin removal is replacing fat removal, and when a weight loss patient is ready.

Through November 30, 2026 or while supplies last, alloClae donor fat contouring is at promotional pricing at Southwest Plastic Surgery, from $3,850. The first five patients treated also receive a $500 rebate from Tiger Aesthetics, the company that makes alloClae. Dr. Frank Agullo explains who it is for.

Liposuction takes the fat out. It does not tell the skin to follow. Dr. Frank Agullo explains why Southwest Plastic Surgery now offers QuantumRF beside BodyTite and Renuvion J-Plasma, who it is for, what recovery looks like, and how it is priced.

Most patients arrive at Southwest Plastic Surgery after major weight loss expecting to talk about the tummy. Dr. Frank Agullo, fresh from the This Is My Journey podcast, explains why the breasts, the buttock, the inner thighs, the arms and the back deflate too, why a quarter of fast weight loss is muscle, and how the practice decides where to begin.

The most common cost question Southwest Plastic Surgery hears is how much liposuction and a tummy tuck cost together. Dr. Frank Agullo answers it with the published bands, the flank liposuction that is already inside every tummy tuck, the skin tightening add-ons by body area, and the honest reason a quote comes back above the website.

Men are now a steady share of the patients at Southwest Plastic Surgery. Dr. Frank Agullo ranks what they come in for, explains what he does differently for a male patient, and describes how GLP-1 weight loss is changing the mix.

Patients ask Southwest Plastic Surgery about rib removal. What Dr. Agullo actually does is scarless rib repositioning: the ribs stay, the waist comes in three to four inches, and a waist trainer does the healing. The practice explains the difference, the recovery and the cost.

A tummy tuck at Southwest Plastic Surgery starts at $16,000, all-inclusive. Here is exactly what that covers.

A mommy makeover is not one standard operation. Here is how the plan actually gets built, procedure by procedure.

New research pooled 34 studies and 3,508 patients treated with Renuvion J-Plasma. Dr. Agullo, among the ten highest-volume users worldwide, explains what the satisfaction and complication numbers mean for El Paso patients.