nterview conducted at the AMCPER 2026 Congress — Expo Santa Fe, Mexico City Interviewer: Dr. Fabrizio Verdini, Biobarica Medical Liaison

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Some decisions a physician makes after reading. Others are made after seeing. Dr. Christian Arellano, a plastic surgeon specializing in facial and body contouring surgery in Mexicali, Baja California, made his after years of observing the difference between patients who recovered with a hyperbaric chamber and those who didn't. What he saw was clear enough that he needed no further arguments: he integrated the chamber into his clinic so that no patient would be left out of that benefit.

 

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From Referring Patients to Having the Hyperbaric Chamber in His Own Space

 

Before acquiring the hyperbaric chamber two years ago, Dr. Arellano did what many surgeons do: refer his postoperative patients to external centers to complete their recovery with hyperbaric therapy. The problem was not the therapy — it was the variability. Not all patients went. Not all completed the protocol. And the difference between those who did and those who didn't was evident.

 

"The truth is I could see a world of difference between the patients who went through recovery with the chamber and those who simply chose not to do it. That is why I integrated the hyperbaric chamber into my clinic — so that everything happens in one place and I can be sure that every patient I operate on will recover in the best possible way."

 

That statement captures a logic many physicians recognize but few follow to its ultimate conclusion: if the tool works, the optimal solution is to have it under your own control. In the practice, available for every patient, without depending on whether the patient decides on their own to go or not.

 

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Facial Surgery: Where Inflammation Rules the First Days

 

Dr. Arellano works primarily with rhinoplasties, facelifts, and endoscopic facelifts — procedures where facial inflammation in the first postoperative days is not just an aesthetic inconvenience, but a determining factor in the patient's experience and satisfaction.

 

In that context, the hyperbaric chamber has a particularly visible and rapid impact:

 

"Facial surgery is a bit more intense in terms of inflammation during the first days. The fact that patients take consecutive sessions with the hyperbaric chamber helps us reduce inflammation quickly, and that helps patients feel a little better."

 

This benefit has both a clinical and a strategic dimension. Clinically, reducing edema in the first postoperative days decreases stress on the tissues, improves local perfusion, and promotes more organized healing. Strategically, a patient who feels well from the very first days is a patient who trusts their physician, follows the protocol, and recommends.

 

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An Evolving Protocol: From Postoperative to Preoperative

 

Today Dr. Arellano applies hyperbaric therapy primarily in the postoperative period, offering it to almost all of his patients. But his focus is already set on the next step: incorporating preoperative sessions to prepare the patient before entering the operating room.

 

"I would like to start with that protocol — I haven't done it yet, but I've already researched the topic a bit, about giving preoperative sessions to prepare the patient so they enter the operating room in better condition."

 

This evolution is consistent with the scientific evidence supporting hyperbaric medicine: preoperative hyperoxgenation of the surgical site improves the biological context of the tissue, promotes angiogenesis, and reduces the postoperative inflammatory response. In other words, a patient who enters the operating room with well-oxygenated tissues has more resources to recover.

 

Dr. Arellano has not yet implemented this systematically, but he is already incorporating it as a near-term goal. That progression — from postoperative to preoperative — is the natural path of a physician who understands the tool and expands its use as they accumulate their own evidence.

 

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Word of Mouth as an Indicator of Results

 

One of the most revealing points in Dr. Arellano's testimony has nothing to do with clinical data, but with something harder to measure and easier to feel: the patient experience.

 

"When a patient feels much better in their first postoperative days, it is completely worth it. From the fact that they tell you they feel good, without pain, that the inflammation subsided very quickly... it's an advantage not just for the patients, but they themselves go on to recommend this type of therapy word of mouth to more patients."

 

Word of mouth is, in private medical practice, the most honest indicator that something works. Patients do not recommend what they were told would work. They recommend what they experienced. And when a facelift patient tells a friend that within a few days she had no more inflammation and felt well, that recommendation is worth more than any marketing campaign.

 

For Dr. Arellano, the hyperbaric chamber became a reputation generator: every well-recovered patient is an involuntary ambassador for his practice.

 

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The Peace of Mind of Having It at Home

 

Dr. Fabrizio Verdini summarizes it precisely at the close of the interview: the peace of mind of knowing that in your own space there is a tool that prevents complications and reduces recovery times. Dr. Arellano confirms it from his own experience:

 

"I also had the same doubts before integrating the hyperbaric chamber into my clinic, but it is clearly worth it from the perspective of patient recovery."

 

That sequence — doubt, decision, conviction — is the same one described by the majority of physicians who are today part of the Biobarica network. Initial uncertainty is not a sign that the technology doesn't work. It is simply the natural process of a rigorous professional who needs evidence before committing.

 

The Biobarica Global System is designed to support exactly that process: validated clinical protocols, ongoing training, patient management software, and remote technical support from the very first day of operation — so no physician has to navigate the learning curve alone.

 

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The Hyperbaric Chamber as a Clinical and Competitive Advantage

 

What Dr. Christian Arellano describes from Mexicali is the story of a physician who observed, decided, and never looked back. Who went from referring patients to controlling their recovery. Who turned an external tool into a structural part of his practice. And who today watches his own patients become the best promoters of the therapy.

 

In facial surgery, where the inflammation of the first days defines the patient's experience and perception of the result, having the hyperbaric chamber in the practice is not a luxury: it is a clinical and competitive advantage that translates into more satisfied patients, fewer complications, and a stronger practice.

 

If you are a physician and want to learn how to integrate the hyperbaric chamber into your practice, contact our team and a Biobarica specialist will guide you from the very first step.

 

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Interview conducted at AMCPER 2026, Plastic Surgery Congress, Expo Santa Fe, Mexico City. Interviewer: Dr. Fabrizio Verdini, Biobarica Medical Liaison.