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Rhytidectomy After Weight Loss: Sagging Facial Issues

If you have lost an excessive amount of weight and are bothered by sagging facial skin, take heart because there is hope. Sagging skin after losing weight is quite normal. Do not let this from preventing you from losing weight. Weight loss is a very healthy attitude in terms of your health. If could save your life. Exercise will definitely help you to get the skin tone back for some people. Some people, however, are not as fortunate and must deal with the excess skin that comes from being very overweight and then shrinking back down. Sagging skin can also … Continue reading →

Arm Lift Surgery: Brachioplasty for Batwings

When you lose weight it is such a great feeling, isn’t it? You are feeling good and your self-confidence has soared. If you have lost a great deal of weight, however, there is still one more thing that is bothering you. The loose skin. If you have been exercising right along with dieting you will fare better than those who just diet alone without the means of exercise. Even so some will still have some areas on their body that they just cannot seem to tone up. A crucial area for many is the little flap of skin underneath your … Continue reading →

Suicidal After Weight Loss Surgery?

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I know, I know. You’re probably thinking: “Hey, you aren’t obese anymore, you’ve lost 100 pounds and all your health problems have cleared up. What have you got to be suicidal about?!” The University of Pittsburgh recently completed a study that showed that among people aged from 25 to 34 who had weight loss surgery, the suicide rate was considerably higher than that of the general population. Having had a gastric bypass in 2001, I’d like to address this from my own personal point of view. When you’ve been overweight all of your life, it becomes part of your identity. … Continue reading →

Morbid Obesity and Weight Loss Surgery

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There comes a point where a person has become so obese that weight loss simply stops and other health issues arise. When you get to that point, diet, exercise programs, appetite suppressants and behavior modifications are just not effective any more. When you weigh 264, losing 5 pounds is a drop in the bucket. When I took this before picture, I was eating a healthy diet (and much less food than my husband who weighed far less than me) as well as walking for an hour on a treadmill every day. I couldn’t run because the weight was too much … Continue reading →

Before You Have Bariatric (Weight Loss) Surgery

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Personal Issues I spent about a year soul searching and researching bariatric surgery before I ever spoke to a doctor about having a gastric bypass. I recommend that anyone else do the same. This isn’t a decision to jump into lightly. If you aren’t ready to make a serious commitment to your continued health and fitness then going under the knife for a gastric bypass is just foolish. Once you see a doctor, there is an extensive screening process. If your doctor believes this is a viable option for you, he’ll refer you to a bariatric surgeon. The surgeon will … Continue reading →

Is Gastric Bypass Surgery for You?

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If you can still lose weight by following a healthy diet and exercise then bariatric surgery is not for you. If you think you’d rather just have surgery to make the weight go away so that you can get on with your life then bariatric surgery is definitely not for you! Having a gastric bypass is not the easy way to weight loss. It simply provides motivated individuals with a second chance to do it right. Even after the surgery you’ll have to eat right and exercise to meet your goal weight. The surgery itself just resets your system so … Continue reading →

Insurer Not Covering 1-800 GET THIN Lawsuit

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You may have seen billboards that say 1-800-GET THIN on them. The idea is that if you are interested in getting Lap-Band surgery, you would call that number. The company has been sued for false advertising. Their insurance company, National Fire & Marine Insurance Co., have refused to pay to defend them, because the insurer feels that the surgery company falsely stated information on an application. The company behind the billboards that say 1-800-GET THIN is, essentially, a weight loss company. The way they help people to lose weight is to provide them with Lap-Band surgery. They are affiliated with … Continue reading →

Type of Anesthesia may Influence Post-Op Pain

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A new study from Georgetown University Medical Center is looking at the connection between post-operative pain and the type of anesthetic used for a procedure. This is the first study that is scientifically explaining an anecdotal observation: that many general anesthetics can actually increase the discomfort patients feel upon waking. The researchers from Georgetown University Medical Center found that so-called “noxious” anesthesia drugs activate and then make specific neurons in the nervous system more sensitive. In other words? Inflammation and pain sensors can become irritated by certain types of anesthesia drugs. That much was already known. General anesthetics can cause … Continue reading →

Suddenly Skinny

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I’m not a big Oprah watcher but one recent show she did, entitled “Suddenly Skinny”, was very important for me to see. While the folks on Oprah’s message boards are up in arms about it, I thought it was well done and high time that somebody finally brought this issue out into the open. The show focused on women who had gastric bypass surgery and then suffered from addiction transfer. The show did not imply that all people who undergo gastric bypass surgery suffer from this but it did bring the issue out into the open and get a healthy, … Continue reading →

Learning How to Eat After a Gastric Bypass

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Everything about eating changes after you’ve had a gastric bypass. Your new stomach is about the size of a shot glass (yes, it’ll stretch like your old stomach over time) and part of your small intestine that used to be responsible for most nutrient absorption has been bypassed. Because of these major changes, and your recovering from surgery, you’ll have to go on a special diet for your first few months after surgery. Doctors’ orders can vary. I wasn’t allowed to eat for a couple days after my surgery in 2001 but my friend who had surgery in 2004 was … Continue reading →