Weight loss surgery a short cut?



weight loss surgery



One may argue that weight loss surgery is a fast way ticket in weight loss and shouldn’t be recommended to just anyone unless it is really needed (life or death situations).

The decision to go ahead and have Weight Loss Surgery is one of the most important decisions you will ever make. Popular diets like Weight Watchers, Slender Wonder, Tony Ferguson, Dukan Diet and even The Atkins diet have shown to work in the short term. However, there is empirical evidence that shows that weight loss surgery is the most effective way of achieving medium to long term results. When compared to Gastric Bypass, Gastric Banding remains the safest surgical option. In, addition, evidence is increasingly showing that surgeons who provide the correct level of post op care will get significantly better results than those who don't. Gastric Banding or Lap Band Surgery, as it is commonly known, is just the first step on the road to recovery. It is therefore strongly recommended by leading obesity surgeons around the world that surgery be combined with a multi-disciplinary approach to weight loss to maximise results.

  



Adopting a healthy life style after the surgery
will bring in long term effect
and achieve objectives

I strongly believe that the surgical approach for each patient should be individualised "One type does not fit all" when it comes to the treatment of obesity. If the obese person fails to achieve weight-loss on their own, then I don’t see a problem in opting for surgery as long as the person is willing to adopt a new healthy life style. The disadvantages of weight-loss surgery are, it relies on the patients cooperation, long-term commitment and self-control.