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Frank Agullo, MD, FACS — known globally as Dr. WorldWide — is a double board-certified plastic surgeon in El Paso, Texas. He is a Clinical Associate Professor of Plastic Surgery at Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center and Affiliate Professor at the University of Texas at El Paso. Specializing in preservation-based aesthetic surgery and the Deep Plane Facelift, he has been named a Castle Connolly Top Doctor for thirteen consecutive years and has a global social following of over 3.5 million across Instagram, TikTok, and Snapchat. He is the founder of Southwest Plastic Surgery and Plastic Surgery Studios.
Meet Dr.WWDR. WORLDWIDE GET TO KNOW HIM
Frank Agullo, MD, FACS is the plastic surgeon the world watches. Known globally as Dr. WorldWide, he has built one of the largest followings of any surgeon on the planet (over 3.5 million on Instagram @RealDrWorldWide) by pulling back the curtain on plastic surgery and showing what extraordinary results actually look like. Celebrities, influencers, and patients from across the United States and around the world make the trip to El Paso, Texas, because when you have seen the work up close, there is nowhere else to go. More than 80% of his patients travel from outside El Paso. The practice handles every detail of their journey.
Dr. Agullo is double board-certified, Mayo Clinic fellowship-trained, and a Clinical Associate Professor of Plastic Surgery at Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center. But credentials only tell part of the story. What sets him apart is a philosophy built on preservation: enhancing, restoring, and elevating what is already there rather than changing who you are. Not cookie cutter. Every plan is molded around the individual patient's desires, their anatomy, their life.
That philosophy drives every decision in the operating room. His Motiva Preserve breast augmentations deliver results that feel as natural as they look. His deep plane and endoscopic deep plane facelifts turn back time without announcing themselves. His Supercharged BBL has been refined, published, and presented on international stages. And his ability to combine face and body procedures in a single operative session is a capability few surgeons in the world can offer safely at his level.
The same philosophy applies outside the OR. Forget synthetic fillers. Dr. Agullo restores volume with regenerative grafts including Alloclae, Lipoderma, exosomes, and platelet-derived growth factors. Recovery is treated as part of the result: lymphatic massages, scar management, and Elixir MD LED light therapy ensure that what happens after surgery is as intentional as what happens during it.
Castle Connolly Top Doctor for eleven consecutive years. Texas Super Doctors Hall of Fame. Best Plastic Surgeon in El Paso for thirteen consecutive years. Aesthetic Everything Top Plastic Surgeon 2026. Founding Vice President and President of the World Association of Gluteal Surgeons, where he helped write the global safety standards for gluteal surgery.
The results are daily. The standard is uncompromising. The philosophy is simple: #MakeItHappen. #HappyIsBeautiful. #StayBeautiful.
#PlasticSurgeryIsMyPassion
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Plastic Surgery is a very personal choice and a unique experience for every individual who chooses to undergo a change, be it a discreet or major surgery. The one thing in common for my patients though is that they experience an inner transformation which ultimately shines through as confidence in themselves. Confident is Beautiful!
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- Posted on: September 3rd 2026
- Category: Body Contouring, Cost
A patient showed me a quote for half of what we charge. Here is what that other number usually doesn’t include.
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- Posted on: September 3rd 2026
- Category: Body Contouring, Cost
I received a quote from a surgeon in Mexico less than half of ours from a patient this week. She was not haggling; she simply wanted to know where the difference lay. She was right to ask, however, and deserved a real answer, not a defensive one.
The Numbers and the Content
Our price for a tummy tuck begins at $16,000 and extends to $26,000, genuinely all-inclusive: surgeon’s fee, facility fee, anesthesia, garments, and the preoperative and postoperative package, SinEcch for bruising, Skinuva scar cream, a skin moisturizer, and Exparel for extended pain relief, among other items. In addition to every session of drainage therapy and postoperative examination, we include, if necessary, even a BBL cushion. The sole exception is that you must claim your prescriptions.
When you see a quote that is half of that price, something in that list is lacking. It is time to ask what is there. How do all these quotes vary so much?
Why the Number Isn’t the Same Everywhere
Location differs, and overhead in one city versus another. One factor is how much a surgeon is in demand and indeed how complicated the specific case is; this takes into account combinations and expected time. There is a wide difference.
The Type of Tuck Changes the Math
The calculation changes with the kind of tuck. Mini tummy tuck patients do not have as much loose skin. It is a quicker operation and involves a C-section or equivalent incision length being determined, while the excision of surplus tissue within a standard abdominoplasty requires more effort and skill. The incision of an extended tummy tuck extends as far as the hips where the abdominal fold begins to extend over the buttocks. The full circumferential procedure, however, for overall looseness with a sag, is the longest and most comprehensive of the four, adding an increasingly large charge depending on the duration.
Where the Real Savings Show Up
These actual savings can be gained during an abdominal tuck with liposuction combined with a mommy makeover. In this particular case, each operation is included under a single fee in one cost-effective payment; this also allows for just one dosage of anesthesia.
The tummy tuck alone dictates the time for recovery whether combined with other procedures or not. From the time of surgery to return to activity takes up to two weeks and up to six weeks before the patient, as shown above, resumes heavy exercise, even with an additional procedure combined.
How Patients Actually Pay for This
PatientFi, AlphaEon, Cherry, CareCredit, or financing directly through the practice, as well as the major credit cards, cash, or financing through an outside bank, are all accepted, so terms of payment for the surgery ahead can work around whatever schedule you need.
The Part I Actually Want to Warn You About
However, this one piece of warning will suffice to warn you of a risk. I perform abdominoplasty revisions on numerous patients every year, after operations previously completed elsewhere, at times across borders in countries such as Mexico which charge less than what it takes. The price of rectifying a botched abdominoplasty can go beyond anything the original surgery charged, while the outcome usually cannot surpass what could have been achieved if it were done correctly the first time.
Check what has been cut in a quote that seems too good to be true: the surgeon’s training, the facility’s certifications, or the anesthesia used. A deal that demands a revision later, on top of the financial and health cost of that revision, is not a bargain at all.
Why I Price It This Way
As a Mayo Clinic fellowship-trained, double board-certified plastic surgeon and a Castle Connolly Top Doctor for thirteen consecutive years, I would rather be transparent about what’s in the number than let a patient find out what’s missing after the fact. An exact quote can only be given after a consultation, but the starting range and what’s included in it are not a secret. For the complete breakdown, see the full guide on agulloplasticsurgery.com.
Ready to Talk?
Bring your quote. I’ll tell you exactly what’s different about ours.
Call (915) 590-7900, text 1-866-814-0038, or book online at agulloplasticsurgery.com/appointments. #StayBeautiful
@RealDrWorldWide on Instagram, TikTok, and Snapchat, @Agullo on X, or @AgulloPlasticSurgery on Facebook.
Cross-links
- Full guide on agulloplasticsurgery.com: “What a Tummy Tuck Actually Costs in El Paso (And What Moves the Number)” (canonical)
- Med spa side on swplasticsurgery.com: “What a Tummy Tuck Costs at Southwest Plastic Surgery” (link once live)
- Posted on: September 3rd 2026
- Category: MedSpa
Three September Med Spa picks I would actually book: PicoSure tattoo removal at 20% off per session, Skinvive at $550 for one syringe, and Morpheus8 face and neck at $1,000 per session.
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- Posted on: September 3rd 2026
- Category: MedSpa
Erase, Hydrate, Rebuild: The September Med Spa Specials I’d Actually Book
September in El Paso is when everyone quietly hits reset. Kids back in school. Pool about to slow down. Sun still cooking us between ten and five. Skin has taken a beating over the summer, and September is the moment to answer it.
So my team built this month’s board around exactly that. Cleanup, hydration, rebuilding.
Three things on the board. A laser that clears an old tattoo cleanly. An injectable that transforms cheek skin quality. And a device I have used more on facial skin than any topical I have ever recommended.
Let me walk you through all three the way I would if you were sitting across from me.
Renew. Tattoo Removal, 20% Off Per Session.
The laser we use is the PicoSure, by Cynosure. That is worth saying first because patients ask.
Picosecond means the pulse lasts a trillionth of a second. Pulses that fast produce a photomechanical pressure wave that shatters the ink particle with beautifully controlled precision. Beautifully controlled heat in the surrounding skin. Wide coverage across ink colors, including the blues and greens patients most want cleared.
That is the platform I want on a patient’s tattoo. Cynosure built it well.
Now the tattoo itself. A tattoo lives in the dermis, the deeper layer of your skin, and stays for life because ink particles are too big for your immune system to move. The PicoSure shatters those particles into fragments small enough for the macrophages (cleanup cells) to finally haul out through your lymphatic system. That happens between visits, so the tattoo keeps fading in the weeks between sessions.
Pricing works per session because it lets us tailor everything: settings for each ink color, cadence for how your skin is responding, and a course sized to the specific tattoo. Six to twelve sessions is a realistic range, six to eight weeks apart, giving your immune system time to finish clearing between visits.
Pricing, straight from me: “It depends on the size of the tattoo and how many sessions you need.” Every tattoo is priced to fit its size and complexity. The September promo takes 20% off whichever per-session price applies to your specific tattoo. Single sessions qualify. Small piece, one treatment, still 20% off.
If the tattoo matters enough to remove properly, plan on a several-month commitment and enjoy the fade between visits.
One more clinical note. Skin tone matters. In darker skin the settings, cadence, and candidate selection are all customized so the treatment works safely with your specific pigment. That is a real conversation about who is a candidate, and we love having it.
Restore. Skinvive, $550 Per Session.
Skinvive is the one I love talking through in a consultation, because it is genuinely new territory.
The September price in plain terms: “It’s one syringe.” $550. One session. One syringe of Skinvive covers both cheeks. That is the whole treatment.
Here is what it is. Skinvive is a modified hyaluronic acid product from Allergan, same manufacturer as the Juvederm family. It is engineered as microdroplets designed to distribute across the mid-cheek and hydrate the skin itself from within. FDA-cleared specifically for cheek smoothness in adults.
The practical effect? Glow. A softening of fine surface texture. Everyone tells you your skin looks like you have slept for a week.
Skinvive is a hydration and skin quality tool. It is ideal for cheek skin that reads dull or dehydrated after a hot El Paso summer, delivering a hydrated, luminous look across the whole mid-cheek.
Most patients come back three to six months later for a maintenance visit as the product integrates and turns over. Skinvive layers beautifully with Morpheus8, sunscreen, and a good retinoid. All of them work together.
Revive. Morpheus Face and Neck, $1,000 Per Session.
Morpheus8 has been in my practice for years. I have mostly written about it on the body, tightening flanks and abdomens and knees after liposuction. The face and neck protocol is the same device pointed at a much more delicate area, and it is one of the treatments I have the most personal experience with because I have had it done on my own face.
Straight from me on the September price: “one session.” $1,000. Single sessions qualify at the promo price. A full course typically runs two to three sessions, and if you book the course you pay per session and stack them.
Mechanically, Morpheus8 combines two things each used on their own for decades. Fine, insulated microneedles just under the skin surface. Radiofrequency energy sent through those needles to deposit precise heat at a specific dermal depth. Needling alone starts a wound-healing cascade. The radiofrequency on top of that heats the collagen scaffold enough to remodel it. All non-surgical, leaving the skin surface intact.
Over the following weeks and months your body lays down new, better-organized collagen and elastin. The result is a modest tightening and a real improvement in skin quality, texture, and pore appearance.
The face and neck protocol treats the jawline, mid-cheek, and platysma-heavy neck. Which is exactly the zone where crepiness and mild laxity show up first in the mid-30s and start dominating the mirror in the 40s.
Morpheus is a dermal remodeling device that works on the skin envelope and the collagen underneath, and it is one of the most versatile tools we have for keeping the face and neck looking rested through your 30s, 40s, and beyond.
Downtime is minimal. Topical anesthetic first, redness and mild swelling for two to three days, that is the extent of the visible recovery. Two to three sessions spaced four to six weeks apart is the typical course. Results keep improving for two to three months after the last session as new collagen matures. Once you land where you want to be, one maintenance session a year holds it.
A Clean Comparison
| Special | What it is | Investment | Best for |
|---|---|---|---|
| Renew | PicoSure by Cynosure laser tattoo removal, per-session pricing (size-dependent) | 20% off per session, single sessions qualify | Clearing an old tattoo cleanly, one wavelength at a time |
| Restore | Skinvive (Allergan HA microdroplet hydration booster) | $550 for one syringe, one session | Hydrated, luminous cheek skin across the mid-cheek |
| Revive | Morpheus8 Face and Neck, RF microneedling | $1,000 per single session | Firmer, smoother facial skin with better texture and pore quality |
Where to Come, East or West
The Med Spa at Southwest Plastic Surgery runs out of two El Paso locations. All three September specials are valid at both.
Eastside: 1387 George Dieter Drive, Building C, El Paso, Texas 79936.
Westside: 5925 Silver Springs Drive, Suite C, El Paso, Texas 79912.
Same team, same protocols, same device inventory on both sides of town. Pick whichever side fits your week. The Med Spa page has the full menu, and the laser treatment page has more on the PicoSure platform.
A Note on Who Is Doing the Work
Whose name is on the door actually matters here. Mine. Mayo Clinic plastic surgery fellowship. Double board-certified. Clinical Associate Professor at Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center Paul L. Foster School of Medicine. Castle Connolly Top Doctor for thirteen years running. The Med Spa operates on protocols I have written and staff I have trained.
Why say that out loud? Because a laser aimed at somebody’s pigment, a syringe going into a face, and an RF device driving needles into the dermis all deserve a highly trained operator. Who is holding the handpiece is the whole thing.
Ready to Talk?
Call our Med Spa at (915) 590-7907 to book any of the September specials at the Eastside (1387 George Dieter Building C) or Westside (5925 Silver Springs Suite C) office, or text 1-866-814-0038. For surgical or combined consults, call my main office at (915) 590-7900 or book online at agulloplasticsurgery.com/appointments. Follow me at @RealDrWorldWide on Instagram, TikTok, and Snapchat, @Agullo on X, or @AgulloPlasticSurgery on Facebook. #StayBeautiful
Cross-links
- Longer clinical read on APS: A Plastic Surgeon’s Read on the September Med Spa Specials
- Front-office read on SWPS: September Med Spa Specials at Southwest Plastic Surgery East and West
