You have just had your surgery and you are likely have lots of questions for your surgeon about the Gastric Banding Surgery and what your life will be like afterwards. Here are some typical questions that you may have.

Will I be sick a lot after the gastric banding operation?
Will I feel hungry or deprived [...]

Immediately after your Gastric Banding operation has been completed, it is important to let it sit and rest so that scar tissue can form around it which is crucial to helping it fix in the correct position. If you were to eat a normal solid diet immediately after the operation your stomach muscles squeeze and [...]

If your obese and are looking to lose weight and have tried diet and excerise then Restrictive surgery could be the answer. In a restrictive surgery e.g. gastric banding, the surgeon uses one of a variety of techniques to reduce the size of the stomach. After restrictive surgery, a person feels full faster, eats less, [...]

Gastric banding is considered a safe form of Surgery and fro most people the benefits of weight loss out way the advantages related to the surgery, however all surgeries do carry some form of risk. Therefore for you to be able to make a well informed decision to have about Gastric Banding, you must be [...]

In the UK Gastric banding is only usually only available though the National Health Service (NHS) if you meet the requirements set out below:

You are aged 18 or over.
You have tried all conventional methods of weight loss, like exercise and diet, but have failed to lose any significant amount of weight.
You don’t have any medical [...]