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Gastric
bypass surgery
Who
is it for, what should you know, and what are the risks?
Summary: While
weight loss and getting a
great body are both
admirable goals, you must try to achieve that goal
through diet and exercise. Plastic surgery
should be the last alternative and only when the
doctor think that you have no other choice than a
gastric bypass surgery procedure. (Related
article: Gastric
bypass surgery has benefits for heart disease
patients)
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With the growing popularity of gastric bypass surgery to treat
morbid
obesity, plastic surgeons are seeing an influx of patients who had plastic surgery procedures to contour their body after
massive weight loss and expect the trend to continue, according to the American Society of Plastic Surgeons (ASPS).
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surgery in luxurious, spa like setting)
It is important to emphasize that
gastric bypass surgery should never be used as a substitute for
eating right and exercising. In fact, making fundamental
lifestyle changes are what makes you look young and beautiful for a long time. Gastric bypass surgery is a medical alternative that should be explored only when the doctor thinks that there is no other choice.
Recent research, however, shows that
gastric
bypass surgery may lower blood pressure - thus,
providing an additional benefit. (Related:
Circumferential abdominoplasty) |
 What we suggest is that you first try to exhaust all other means of getting the optimum weight before you embark on gastric bypass surgery. There are reports that some
people overeat and try to achieve such a high weight that the doctor will then easily recommend gastric bypass surgery. This is not the right thing to do since you are destroying your body in the hope that you will look great later. What if it does not work out that way? Gastric bypass
surgery is known to have caused complications, including death.
While recognizing the risks, Medicare
now covers many patients who need it.
In just the past year ASPS saw the number of patients receiving
buttock lifts rise 74 percent,
upper arm lifts increased 66 percent,
thigh lifts grew 33 percent and
lower body lifts went up 14 percent.
(Related:
Gastric
bypass surgery improves lifespan)
Other procedures commonly performed on patients after bariatric surgery include
tummy
tucks. “Massive weight loss over time can leave the patient with excess, baggy skin,” said Rod Rohrich, MD, ASPS president. “As the number of people having gastric bypass surgery grows, it is only natural that the number of patients needing plastic surgery to contour their smaller bodies will increase as well. Post-bariatric surgery usually occurs one year after the procedure or when weight loss has plateaued for three to six months.”
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