There is a subreddit where people who have had tummy tucks post their twelve-day photos, their twelve-week photos, and exactly what they paid. Some of those posts are about my practice. I did not ask for them and I cannot edit them.

The number that travels is $17,600, all in, for an abdominoplasty with liposuction 360, a hernia repair, oblique plication, mons work, and a new belly button. I was asked whether it is accurate.

“This article is talking about a certain patient’s experience, so that figure would be correct for her and for her particular combination of procedures.

“As of this writing, our published range for a tummy tuck is $16,000 to $26,000, depending on the combination. For the most updated figures, readers should go to agulloplasticsurgery.com/fees, which is the page we keep updated.”

A hernia repair is not a line item everybody needs. Neither is oblique plication.

What I like about the thread it appeared in is that nobody let it sit there. “That’s extremely expensive just for a tummy tuck,” came the reply from u/Yelenablanka1987 in Who in the US can give me results like this?. “Respectfully for Texas too.”

The patient answered: “A coworker of mine went more local last year, only paid 6k and unfortunately her results are not pleasing. I wasn’t going to let that happen. You get what you pay for.”

I am not going to referee that. It is my fee they are arguing about, which disqualifies me. I will say the argument itself is the right one, and I would rather a prospective patient read those two strangers going back and forth than scroll my before-and-afters.

She also flagged something I should have said louder myself: “He usually does BBLs with his TTs, so if that’s not want you want, make sure you tell him. Most of his patients do. When I got my quote, it included the BBL, so had to ask for a new quote without it.” Her first number was $25,000 with a BBL in it. Ask for a quote for your operation, not the popular one.

What my quoted fee covers: the surgeon’s fee, the operating room, anesthesia, garments, and the pre-op and post-op supplements, which means SinEcch for bruising and swelling, Skinuva scar cream, a moisturizer, and Exparel for long-acting pain control. Every lymphatic drainage massage and every post-op visit is included. The patient pays for prescriptions at the pharmacy and nothing else.

I told Yahoo Finance something this year about patients flying overseas that applies to anyone driving in from Phoenix. Two quotes are often not measuring the same service. One covers the operation. The other covers the operation, the facility, the anesthesia and the follow-up.

On travel, in his words: “So for this one, we need you seven days minimum. Some people stay two weeks, but seven days is the usual.” And: “You can fly after seven days, that’s not a problem.” Day seven is when the sutures come out; the drain usually comes out on day fourteen, so a patient flying at a week often travels with it still in. Two weeks to easy activity, six weeks to unrestricted exercise, and lymphatic drainage “two or three per week for four weeks.”

I was asked whether the threads got anything wrong that I wanted corrected.

“I don’t think so. This is all a patient’s opinion.”

Those posts are unsolicited. They are not testimonials, I did not commission them and I cannot edit them. What I have quoted is excerpted and linked back to the original threads, disagreements included. Read them, then check the fees page for the current number rather than a post from last spring.

Call (915) 590-7900, text 1-866-814-0038, or book at agulloplasticsurgery.com. #StayBeautiful

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Title alternatives (title PICKED 2026-09-09 by blog-publish-driver under the 2026-09-05 standing default; option kept is above)

1. Reading the Reddit Threads About My Own Practice
2. That $17,600 Number Is Real. It Is Also Hers.
3. What Patients Say When the Surgeon Is Not in the Room
4. Sixty Percent of My Patients Get on a Plane