Gastric Bypass | Lap Band | Sleeve Gastrectomy | Gastric Plication

Liposuction has been around since the mid 1970’s and is now one of the most popular plastic surgery procedures in the country, with more than 450,000 operations performed each year.  However, it is not a weight loss procedure, but rather a surgical method of changing one’s shape. Liposuction has been in the news lately when […]

Dr. Robert Cywes discusses his Jacksonville Weight Loss Program, and how they focus on carbohydrate addiction. He explains why diets fail, and how to address those failures, and redirect focus to attain success.

Doctor of Weight Loss Inaugural Expert Dr. Robert Cywes discusses ‘why we get fat’, and specifically the role of carbohydrates.

Gastric Plication – also referred to as Gastric Imbrication – is the newest bariatric surgery procedure starting to become available in the US. Plication means ‘folding’, which is the basis of Gastric Plication. Folds are created in the stomach, reducing the stomach’s volume. These folds are stitched, and the procedure involves no implants and no […]

Allergan video explains the Lap-Band procedure using animation.

A surgeon performs and narrates a close-up video of a Lap-Band procedure. The steps, as outlined on Allergan’s website are: 1. Your surgeon implants the LAP-BAND® System around the upper part of your stomach, much like a belt. 2. A tube is then connected from the LAP-BAND® System to a small access port, fixed beneath […]

Dr Jennifer Ashton discussed the new Lap-Band approval on The Early Show today. A CBS news story quotes Ashton as saying “I think what it’s telling us is that the obesity epidemic has reached a proportion in this country whereby diet and exercise and medications and surgery all need to be used in conjunction with […]