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The most preferable methods used in obesity treatments are gastric balloons and gastric botox. Patients may feel indecisive about which one to go for. Many obese patients cannot lose weight at all or enough weight through diets and exercises. In such cases, these methods are considered to help them lose weight.
Gastric botox is a new method, performed as botox injections to the stomach to lose weight by limiting the muscle movements which leads to a longer-lasting fullness sensation, weight loss can be achieved.
Anyone who wants to lose weight can be a good candidate for gastric botox. It is not a surgical procedure. However, there are certain conditions that patients must meet. It is a method for those who cannot lose weight, even after diets and long-term exercises. Patients whose BMI is over 40 and those who can achieve desired results with bariatric surgeries are not advised to undergo gastric botox procedures.
The ones with a BMI under 40, between 26 – 34, and who want to lose a maximum of 15 – 20 kg and cannot lose weight with exercises or diets, are good candidates for gastric botox. Patients who have ulcers or gastritis must be treated for these first and then can be suitable for gastric botox operation.
Botox operations are used for many different areas with many different techniques and have no side effects when professionally performed by surgeons or doctors. Botox, as a standard endoscopic procedure, has no recorded or known side effects. However, it is not suitable for those who have muscle diseases and are allergic to Botox.
No method, including gastric botox, cannot ensure losing weight. It is not the correct way to approach Botox as a miraculous treatment. Gastric botox only can help and support the diet by reducing the patient’s appetite. After the gastric botox operation, if the patient keeps consuming carbs regularly in high amounts, gastric botox too should fail to help lose weight.
All effects of medications are completely cleared in 3 – 6 months. Gastric botox does not cause any -permanent or temporary – damage to the stomach.
After gastric botox operation, the feeling of hunger decreases in 2 – 4 days. 2 weeks after the operation, patients begin to lose weight. The aim is losing %10 – %15 of the body weight. Gastric botox is only for smooth muscles to limit their movement and contraction. It does not affect nerves or bowel movements and it does not cause bowel laziness. If patients experience lazy bowel syndrome, it can be treated with special diet programs after gastric botox operation.
The gastric balloon is a soft, expandable saline-filled silicone balloon placed in the stomach. It is big enough not to move through your bowels. A gastric balloon provides a longer-lasting fullness sensation leading to eating less. The gastric balloon helps to reduce portions, makes the patients full for longer periods, and helps losing weight.
Gastric balloon operation is performed with the endoscopy method. The operation takes about 20 – 25 minutes. Doctors examine the stomach through endoscopes to see if there are any anomalies. If not, a soft, elastic, silicone balloon is placed in the stomach in a deflated state. Once it is placed, the gastric balloon is filled with saline. Then gastric ballon swims inside the stomach. To have a comfortable operation process it is performed under either sedation or short-term general anesthesia. Patients are discharged after 2 hours of supervision at the hospital.
The gastric balloon is a supportive method to diet. Overweight patients, whose BMI is over 24kg-m2, cannot lose weight with diets and exercises, and do not wish to undergo any surgical operation are good candidates for gastric balloons.
Gastric balloon operation can help lose %10 -%15 of your body weight if it is supported by diets, exercises, and a healthy lifestyle. It is a simple procedure that does not require hospitalization. The operation takes about 15 – 25 minutes with endoscopic cameras.
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