Have you considered bariatric surgery in Jacksonville to help you lose some weight? The top three bariatric surgeries are the sleeve gastrectomy, gastric bypass, and the adjustable gastric band, the first two of which can help you lose weight as well as help or even cure your type 2 diabetes. You owe it to yourself to consider getting bariatric surgery in Jacksonville. The surgeon here at New Life Surgical Associates specializes in bariatric surgery while treating patients with respect, honesty, and dignity.

What is Bariatric Surgery?

Bariatric surgery is surgery that is used to help you lose weight. Surgeons do this by either restricting the amount of food that can be held in your stomach, which causes malabsorption, or a combo of malabsorption and gastric restriction.

What Forms Does It Come In?

The Sleeve Gastrectomy

The ‘sleeve’ works by the surgeon removing about 80 percent of the stomach and leaving behind a tubular pouch similar to a banana. This means that there is far less room in the stomach for you to fill up with food, especially the bad kind. Not only is the sleeve a fabulous option to lose a large amount of weight, but it also can be used to improve type 2 diabetes. The sleeve has been proven to improve your gut hormones so that they begin to suppress hunger, improve how full you feel, and reduce your appetite.

Gastric Bypass

Generally, when you think weight loss surgery, gastric bypass comes up sooner or later. This is one of the most common bariatric surgeries in Jacksonville. During this surgery, a small stomach pouch is created by dividing the top from the rest of the stomach. Then, the first part of the small intestine is divided, and the bottom section is connected to the stomach pouch.

A gastric bypass helps you lose weight because the smaller stomach pouch means that there won’t be as much food able to fit inside. Plus, changing the food stream produces suppressed hunger and can reverse type 2 diabetes from the altered gut hormones.

Adjustable Gastric Band

The ‘band’ is placed around the upper part of your stomach, thereby creating a smaller stomach pouch above the band. The rest of the stomach sits below the band but remains otherwise unaltered. Over time, the band is tightened so that the feeling of being full is achieved with less and less food.

This just scratches the surface when it comes to the weight loss surgery options that are available. When it’s time for you or a family member to get that weight off of you or ease your type 2 diabetes, consider getting bariatric surgery in Jacksonville. The professionals at New Life Surgical Associates are ready to help you. Contact us today to book an appointment!