Lap Band – How Much Weight Will You Lose With Lap Band Surgery?
If you’ve been thinking about getting adjustable band surgery or gastric banding surgery such as the lap band system, one of the first questions that comes to mind may be – how much weight will I lose with lap band surgery? First of all you want to make sure you’re a candidate for lap band surgery. There are certain qualifications you must meet in order to be accepted for surgery by a bariatric surgeon. Assuming you’ve already checked this out and know that you qualify you may want to know the truth about weight loss and the lap band system or any other adjustable banding system. How much weight you lose is going to be different from any other patient who has it done. The amount of weight loss depends on several things. The lap band procedure or surgery by itself will not cause you to lose weight. Right after surgery you’ll be setting goals if you haven’t done it before surgery. These are goals you’ll abide by so that you can start to lose about two to three pounds every week for the f