Body Fat Loss: Weight Loss Surgery

There are some metabolisms that no matter how carefully you follow your doctor's recommendation for exercise and diet, weight loss just doesn't happen. This is often a genetic, and sometimes but not often a social issue and needs to be treated by a doctor. Surgery is an option when all other treatment plans for obesity have failed. New research, new techniques, and new medications make surgery easier on the body's system, but there are still side effects, health risks and problems associated with body fat loss surgery.

There are two different types of weight loss surgery, the well-known stomach stapling technique also known as restrictive bariatric weight-loss surgery and malabsorptive bariatric surgery commonly known as gastric bypass.

Restrictive bariatric body fat loss surgery, stomach stapling, is a surgical procedure creating two small openings one at the top and one at the bottom of the stomach that will only hold 1 ounce of food each. The result is that the patient eats no more than one cup of bland carefully chewed food at a time, anymore than this can cause nausea. The idea behind the surgery is to create a feeling of fullness and still restricting the intake of food.

Malabsorptive bariatric weight-loss surgery or bypass surgery is very well known and has to do with bypassing the intestine, thereby reducing the amount of food that is absorbed by the body. The surgical procedure is to remove a part of the intestine, thereby shortening the length of time that your body has to absorb calories and nutrients from food. This type of weight-loss surgery can produce significant appetite reduction and weight loss, but the side effects need to be understood completely.

Whichever type of body fat loss surgery is used, possible side effects can include chronic diarrhea, diarrhea after eating, lightheadedness including fainting, severe risk of nutritional deficiencies, stomach ulcers and extremely foul smelling flatulence and stools.

A medical professional needs to thoroughly evaluate a candidate for surgical weight-loss procedures. Most candidates will be at least 80 to 100 pounds overweight and have had continual failure with traditional weight-loss plans. Candidates who are at risk for other physical problems that may be dissipated by weight-loss may be considered as well.

Before considering weight-loss surgery, understand fully the risks, realize that you will require medical supervision for the rest of your life, that there are major lifestyle and dietary changes involved with bariatric weight-loss surgery and that most health insurance plans do not cover bariatric weight-loss medical procedures.

Surgery is risky at any time, and the benefits of body fat loss surgery must outweigh the health risks or social risk associated with being overweight. Should you consider bariatric surgical weight loss, you need to be fully informed of the side effects and risks. And this means research;, research the physician, research the surgical procedure, research the long term health risks and make sure that you have tried all other means before considering weight-loss surgery.