Lap Band Surgery Failure

Lap band surgery failure can be a real possibility if you do not change your habits. For most of us, it is poor nutritional and exercise habits that got us to this point. If you opt for lap band surgery and do not make lifestyle changes, the lap band procedure will only be a temporary fix.

Any type of gastric bypass surgery is a tool. It is a means to get to a healthy weight and it does that for everyone. Staying there is up to the individual. If you do not make any changes to the way you manage your health, you may find yourself back where you started.

My doctor was part of the FDA trials for lap band surgery back in 2000. While the surgery has helped many people, he seems to prefer the Roux-en-Y because he considered to be more permanent for weight loss purposes. It is more difficult to have bad eating habits and not feel the consequences through pain and possibly dumping syndrome with the RNY.

I am not sure I would agree with the term “lap band surgery failure.” If you have to have the band removed for some reason then it would be a failure. But in most cases where the weigh is gained back, a failure of the patient to make the necessary lifestyle changes is a more accurate explanation of the truth. If you think you can have this surgery and the weight will fall and you will never have to think about it again, nothing is farther from the truth. The internet is full of forums and message boards that have members that are trying to help each other maintain their weight loss or take off the weight they have regained.

Land surgery is life changing, but the potential for lap band surgery failure exists if you do not make changes that will allow you to develop healthy eating and exercise habits.