May is the month of Mother’s Day, hot weather creeping back, and somebody in the group chat asking, again, what I think she should get done before her sister’s wedding.
So this is my answer in writing. Three things on the May board at our Med Spa. Three I would actually book. Honest read on each.
If you have read me before, you know how I feel about wellness specials. Most of them are spa theater. Pretty room, candle, tiny outcome. The point of writing this post is the opposite. The three on this list move skin or move ink, and they move it in ways I can defend with a straight face the next morning when I scrub in.
Renew. Laser tattoo removal at 20 percent off per session.
Tattoo removal is the special on this list that earns its 20 percent discount the loudest, because tattoo removal is not one appointment. It is a course. Most patients need somewhere between six and ten sessions, spaced out about six weeks apart so the body has time to clear the broken pigment.
That spacing matters more than people realize. Stack the sessions too close and the skin punishes you. Space them right and the pigment lifts cleanly, with no scarring, on most colors and on most skin types.
Twenty percent off, applied across a full course, is real money. On a sleeve or a back piece it is the difference between thinking about it and doing it. May is also a strategically smart time to start. By the time the first holiday party season hits, a patient who started in May has three or four sessions in and is well past the point where the tattoo is the loudest thing on her arm.
What I want a tattoo removal patient to know going in.
We use medical-grade laser tattoo removal. The pigment, broken into smaller particles by the laser, is then cleared by your immune system, which is why the spacing between sessions exists. Color matters. Black is the most cooperative. Reds and warm yellows take more work. Cosmetic eyebrow tattoos and amateur work are usually the fastest cases. Old, deep, layered ink is the longest road. Whatever the case, sun avoidance between sessions is non-negotiable.
If you have been postponing it, this month is the time.
Restore. The Mother’s Day Radiance Facial, $125.
I am picky about facials. Most of them are smell-good and feel-good and do not actually change anything that I, as a surgeon, would be able to see two weeks later.
The Mother’s Day Radiance Facial my Med Spa team built for May is the exception. It is a real treatment facial, structured around exfoliation, deep cleansing, and active serums chosen by the aesthetician based on what your skin is actually doing that day. It is not a candle and a vibe. It is a $125 piece of skin care that earns its slot.
Who I would book this for.
A daughter buying for her mom. A mom buying for herself, which I am increasingly seeing and approving of, because a $125 facial bought without permission from anyone is a healthy line item in the budget.
The patient who has been working too hard, in too much sun, and whose skin looks duller than her actual age. This facial is a reset.
The pre-event patient. Wedding next month. Reunion. Big trip. A radiance facial twelve to fourteen days out is the right window. Long enough for any redness to settle, close enough that the glow is still on the skin when the photos happen.
What this facial is not. It is not a chemical peel. It is not a laser. It is not going to undo a decade of sun damage in one sitting. It is the maintenance layer of a real skin program. Used as such, it is excellent.
Revive. The Mother’s Day Refresh, $3,650. Nurses’ discretion.
This is the special I would have written off as marketing copy if I were not the one signing off on the protocol.
The Mother’s Day Refresh is a $3,650 facial balancing package. Dermal filler plus upper-face neuromodulator (the wrinkle-relaxer in the forehead, brows, and crow’s feet area), with the specific products and quantities chosen at the appointment by the injecting nurse based on the patient’s actual face, in the room, that day.
The phrase “nurses’ discretion” is the part I want to talk about, because that is what makes this package interesting.
Most filler-and-tox packages are sold by the syringe. One syringe of this, twenty units of that, on every face that walks through the door. That is convenient for billing. It is not great for outcomes. Faces are not standardized. A patient with a heavy lower lid and a flat midface needs a totally different distribution of filler than a patient with deep nasolabial folds and a strong cheekbone.
The Refresh package solves that by giving the nurse the budget to spend where the face actually needs it. If your forehead lines are loud, more goes there. If your cheekbones are flat, more filler in the malar area. If your upper lip is fine and your jaw is what is bothering you, the package goes where the work is.
This is how I want injectables done. By a nurse who has been trained to look at the whole face and to allocate product accordingly, not to count units off a price list.
Two real cautions.
One. This is a refresh, not a redesign. If your face has changed materially in the last decade, what you actually want is a surgical conversation with me, not a filler package. Filler is a tax. A facelift is an investment. I have written that line before and I will keep writing it, because it keeps being true.
Two. If you have never been injected before, the Refresh is a good first step but go in with realistic expectations. The result is a quieter, more rested version of you. Not a different face.
A clean comparison
| Special | What it is | Investment | Best for |
|---|---|---|---|
| Renew | Laser tattoo removal | 20 percent off per session | Anyone with old or unwanted ink, ready for a real course |
| Restore | Mother’s Day Radiance Facial | $125 | A reset for tired skin, or a thoughtful gift for mom |
| Revive | Mother’s Day Refresh | $3,650 | Filler plus upper-face wrinkle relaxer, nurse-curated, full-face balance |
Where to come, East or West
The Med Spa at Southwest Plastic Surgery runs out of two El Paso locations.
The Eastside office is at 1387 George Dieter Drive, Building C, El Paso, Texas 79936.
The Westside office is at 5925 Silver Springs Drive, Suite C, El Paso, Texas 79912.
You can book at either. The Med Spa team works across both sites and the protocols are the same. Pick the side of town that is easier for you that week.
A note on who is doing the work
I want every patient who walks into my Med Spa to know who is supervising the room. I do. I am Frank Agullo, MD, FACS, double board-certified, Mayo Clinic plastic surgery fellowship alum, Clinical Associate Professor of Plastic Surgery at Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center, Castle Connolly Top Doctor for thirteen consecutive years. The Med Spa is not a side hustle. It is the non-surgical arm of my surgical practice, and the protocols are written and overseen by me.
That is the only way I would put my name on a $125 facial or a $3,650 refresh package. The standard is the standard.
Ready to talk?
Call our Med Spa at (915) 590-7907 to book any of the May specials at the Eastside (1387 George Dieter Building C) or Westside (5925 Silver Springs Suite C) office. For surgical or combined consults, call my main office at (915) 590-7900, text 1-866-814-0038, or book online at agulloplasticsurgery.com/appointments. Follow me at @RealDrWorldWide on Instagram, TikTok, and Snapchat, @Agullo on X, or @AgulloPlasticSurgery on Facebook. #StayBeautiful