Scars, success & skin! Potential bander looking for the answers!
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Hi all,
I'm seriously considering a band but a few things holding me back from the yes:
Scars - how well do they heal? Would you have preferred the single incision op?
Success - what's your success been and how long did it take to achieve? Do u feel your band adjustments were timely & enough?
Skin - looking to find our people's skin reaction vs weightloss ie 8 stone weightloss, left with excess skin or 6 stone weightloss no skin issues etc.
Surgeon - anyone been to a surgeon in Scotland? Would you recommend?
And any general advice! I am 14stone looking to lose 4 stone initially but may go for 1 more depending on how I feel and look.
Thanks,
Kim x
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suzanne69835 kimberley1701
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i have not had surgery, and struggle with my weight.
i think excess skin, depends on age as well as anything, I am 55 have lost 2 stone, so far, so good, but I have 4 stone to lose, I was told by a surgeon that if u lose weigh too quickly then the skin doesn't have time to adjust, so I decided in the end against a band. Good luck x
kimberley1701 suzanne69835
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Well done on the loss so far! Yeah I'm struggling to decide as it seems most people lose 2 pounds a week which is about 'normal' for a diet so shouldn't impact on skin but perhaps if losing more it could be an issue.
I like the idea of the band being permanent and adjustable so you can alter it to your needs
Bandid kimberley1701
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with hindsight i would have pressed to have my fills quicker to buid up my restriction quicker but at the time i went with the advice of my surgeon - i got there in the end but it took a yr - i achieved 60% wgt loss which is what was predicted so i am considered a success even though i never got to that magical BMI of 25.
overall i have lost 10 stones - partially with the band and partially with wgt watchers and yes i have some lose skin but its better than what was there before and i can live with it
no experience of surgery in scotland and my general advice would be to do lots of research either through joining a support group or try an organisation such as WLSinfo to learn more about what a band involves - its not a magic wand - just a tool to help you lose wgt and you have to work with it - there are negatives as well as positives
kimberley1701 Bandid
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Thanks for the advise, really inspiring!! I'm kind of over the scars now, my thinking is do I want to be fat and no scars or thin and have.... No brainier now.
So sick of how I look and how it's making me feel. Booked for 9th. I really want healthier weight but can't get it to work with my work schedule. X