Weight Loss Surgery

Weight loss surgery is usually the last resort for most people but can often be life saving. If you have tried dieting and had no success and you are what is regarded as clinically obese, then this could be the right option for you. As always, consult your physician to see what is best but we have written a number of articles here to help you understand what your choices are and which different types of surgery will suit you best.


Cryolipolysis: Another Aid to Weight Loss?

Cryolipolysis: Another Aid to Weight Loss?

January 10, 2011

As we all know, exercise and maintaining a healthy diet is the safest and most natural way to weight loss. Some people choose the easy way out and go under the knife, take for example, liposuction. Lately, a company named Zeltiq paved an innovative way to weight loss called ‘cryolipolysis.’ Unlike liposuction which involves anesthesia, [...]

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Gastric Imbrication: Latest Weight Loss Surgery

Gastric Imbrication: Latest Weight Loss Surgery

January 3, 2011

Teresa is one of the very first US patients to undergo gastric imbrication weight loss surgery. This procedure is relatively new compared to other weight loss surgery and is done by folding ninety percent of the stomach’s size and eventually stitching it to a narrow small tube. This procedure aims to help patients with excessive [...]

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Stomach Stapling Weight Loss Surgery for Frustrated Dieters

Stomach Stapling Weight Loss Surgery for Frustrated Dieters

January 3, 2011

Exercise and diet are the ideal methods of losing weight but there will come a time wherein patients will badly need to undergo weight loss surgery just to help them maintain a productive and healthy lifestyle. Persons who are suffering from morbid obesity have tried their best to lose weight through different dietary programs and [...]

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Vertical Gastrectomy Weight Loss Surgery for Morbid Obesity

Vertical Gastrectomy Weight Loss Surgery for Morbid Obesity

January 3, 2011

Persons who have morbid obesity find it very frustrating to lose weight so some of them rely on weight loss surgery just to help cure their problem. Most of the times, these individuals who have a Body Mass (BMI) of over forty or is more than a hundred pounds that their ideal body weight will [...]

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Weight Loss Resources: Cold Laser Therapy

Weight Loss Resources: Cold Laser Therapy

November 21, 2010

Whenever you want to burn the excess fat, exercise and diet may not be enough. Genetics play a very important role which dictates where your body fat is going to be accumulated and stored and the resistance of these fat deposits to diet and exercise.  One of the advanced weight loss resources that are being [...]

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Cosmetic Surgery: Mammoplasty or Breast Reduction

Cosmetic Surgery: Mammoplasty or Breast Reduction

October 26, 2010

Image by madelineyoki via Flickr Obesity is truly a dangerous situation, when considered from the medical point of view. Being Obese denotes that you are at a higher risk of developing many chronic disorders affecting many of the Vital organs like the Heart, Kidneys, Brain, Pancreas etc. In addition the cosmetic effects too cannot be [...]

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Weight Loss Surgery: Lipoplasty After Effects

Weight Loss Surgery: Lipoplasty After Effects

October 26, 2010

Image via Wikipedia We all know about the efficacy of weight loss surgery, when the obesity is categorized as morbid. This means that the person is hugely over weight and has tried and tested all other available methods to lose weight, without getting any results. Such people are perfect candidates for weight loss surgery. There [...]

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Weight Loss Surgery: Laser Liposuction

Weight Loss Surgery: Laser Liposuction

October 16, 2010

Using weight loss surgery as an option to lose huge amounts of weight is not a surprising development, any more. More and more people are trying out surgery for not only losing weight, but also to sculpt the body according to the shapes they fancy. Laser liposuction is a notable, fresh and gentler move in [...]

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Facts About Tummy Tuck Weight Loss Surgery

Facts About Tummy Tuck Weight Loss Surgery

September 29, 2010

Obesity, cosmetic purposes and whatever the reason is, some people tend to come up with weight loss surgery as a resolution for losing weight abruptly. Tummy tuck has been widely popular in the cosmetic business due to the increasing population of people who wants to lose some weight. The image of a person’s body has [...]

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