What is Weight Loss Surgery?
There are several different categories of weight loss surgery including a tummy tuck, liposuction or bariatric surgery including gastric bypass, lap band and even Gastric Bypass Roux-en-Y surgery. This website focuses on bariatric surgery, the different options, risks and benefits of each.
Bariatric surgery can help extremely overweight or obese people lose weight. It either restricts the size of the stomach or reduces the nutrient absorption ability of the digestive tract.
Bariatric weight loss surgery should be viewed as a last resort. It is usually performed only after all other methods of weight loss have been tested and failed.
How Effective Is It?
Since the surgery eliminates the intake or absorption of calories, it can be very successful at weight loss. Most sources report an average initial weight loss of 100 pounds or more. In addition to this most weight loss surgery patients keep the weight off over the long term, unlike the yo-yo effects of diet weight loss.
It's also important to consider that weight loss also results in the relief of other obesity-related health problems like diabetes, hypertension, etc. This can result in a longer lifespan overall.
However...
Despite the impressive results, weight loss surgery is not just an 'easy way to lose weight'. You must be ready to implement lifestyle changes and follow your physician's orders to the letter. Patients must make dietary changes that are not always fun. And there's also the risk of post-surgery complications.
Again, weight loss surgery should only be chosen when all other avenues of weight loss have failed and your physician has been consulted.
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