Weight-loss results vary from patient to patient, and the amount of weight you lose depends on several things. The Gastric Band needs to be adjusted appropriately, and you need to be committed to your new lifestyle and healthy eating habits.

The main advantage of Gastric Sleeve surgery is that it does not need to create a new connection between the stomach and small bowel (anastomosis). Long term complications are less likely to occur with the Gastric Sleeve procedure than they are with Gastric Bypass surgery.

Most people can minimize excess skin by maintaining healthy nutrition, aerobic exercise and weight training. But if you need to have excess skin removed, we can help you consult with a plastic surgeon.

Night clothes, towel, soap, toiletries, medication (which you also take at home).

In week four you already start practicing to eat solid foods. From then on you can eat all healthy things without grinding or pureeing them. After three months you have already rewritten your eating pattern very well.

You are not allowed to lift, not exercise and above all take it easy for one month!

The stitches can be removed after two weeks (from day 12 after the procedure). This can be done by a GP or nurse. The sterile plasters on the sutures after the procedure can be left on for the first two weeks provided they are not soiled or peeling.