The gastric sleeve and gastric balloon are both available through Allure Weightloss as medical weight loss procedures. They can be used to help resolve the risks of obesity related health problems such as high blood pressure, heart disease or sleep apnoea. Gastric balloons and a gastric bypass will both help to lower body mass index (BMI), but are very different in the way that they accomplish that goal.
With multiple clinics across the UK, our patient advisors can help to ensure you are seen to as close to home as possible and offer up their expert advice when it comes to which weight loss procedure might be right for you.
The Gastric Sleeve
Also known as the vertical sleeve gastrectomy, the gastric sleeve is a popular weight loss surgery in the UK and performed at several of our clinics across England. The surgery itself involves removing around 80% of the stomach leaving a banana shaped structure that is roughly the size of a butchers sausage. This limits your food intake and reduces the amount of hunger hormone (ghrelin) that is produced to help patients in losing weight. Gastric sleeve patients can expect to see around 70% excess weight loss as measured over a two year period.
Allure Weightloss also provide other bariatric surgery including gastric bypass surgery and the mini gastric bypass to patients across the UK.
The Gastric Balloon
The gastric balloon is a weight loss tool available in the UK. A gastric balloon procedure works by occupying around 60% of the stomach, delaying gastric emptying, and reducing production of the hunger hormone, ghrelin. Allure Weightloss provide placements of the 12 month gastric balloon, the Orbera 365, as well as the 6 month BiB balloon. Patients can expect to lose 10 – 17% of their total body weight respectively.
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