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Everyone knows that gastric bands can be extremely effective at helping patients lose weight, but it isn’t just this that makes them so popular.

The other main attraction of Lapbands is that they can be easily adjusted, which means they offer a personal and bespoke solution for each patient.

Adjustments help ensure total comfort and a perfect fit for patients and are a routine part of the procedure.

Advice site Gastric Band Info summed up: “Gastric bands are not only effective – some people lose more than 15 stone through the treatment – but adjustments are affordable and the aftercare offered by leading obesity surgery providers is also a vital benefit.”

Do all patients need gastric band adjustments?

Your surgeon should monitor you closely after weight-loss surgery and most patients can expect to have at least a couple of adjustments to their Lapband during the first year after the procedure.

This helps ensure your health and comfort, and will also allow you to manage the rate of your weight loss in a responsible way.

Adjusting a gastric band

A gastric band is an inflatable silicone loop, filled with saline solution, which goes around the top of the stomach to restrict its size. As a result, the patient eats less food before feeling full and therefore loses weight.

To adjust the band, more saline solution is pumped into the loop – or excess solution is removed – to tighten or loosen the band. The simple process is performed under local anaesthetic and can be done within an hour.

For more advice on weight-loss surgery, visit Gastric Band Info.