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How to Choose the Best Weight Loss Surgery for You
Choosing the weight loss operation best suited for you typically means choosing between the sleeve gastrectomy operation and the gastric bypass operation. These two operations are by far the most popular weight loss operations performed in the United States. Before we discuss the strengths and weaknesses of the gastric sleeve and the gastric bypass, let’s…
Read MoreSleeve Gastrectomy Surgery Dominates the Field of Weight Loss Surgery
In a previous post from 2013 entitled “The Rise of the Gastric Sleeve,” I predicted that 2013 would be the year the gastric sleeve operation would surpass the gastric bypass operation and the gastric banding (LAP-BAND®) operation to become the most frequently performed operation for weight loss in the United States. During 2013, the sleeve…
Read MoreIs Weight Loss Surgery Right for Low BMI Patients (BMI 30-35)?
Post updated January 2021. Why are we still telling people that they must be at least 75-100 pounds overweight before they can have bariatric surgery—the most effective way to lose weight? Other methods for losing weight—diet and exercise—are largely not effective long term. Diet and exercise programs fail for 95-98% of people within 3 years.1,2…
Read MoreLucia’s Gastric Bypass Testimonial – 11 Years after Surgery
Wow! Looking at the before picture below, I hardly recognize myself – LOL! Since my surgery my whole life has changed physically and especially, emotionally. If I hadn’t had to go to work every day, I would have hidden myself away back then. I dreaded meeting new people and I especially dreaded meeting friends and family…
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