In few cases, the person is beyond fat. He/she
falls in the category of either obese or morbidly obese people. Usually
there is a very much health risk to the obese and morbidly obese people.
So there are few surgeries planned especially for such people so that
they can be taken out of the risk of loosing their life.
In this article I've given a brief introduction to weight loss surgeries.
But please keep it in mind that this is only for those people who
are either obese, morbidly obese or have a risk to their life due
to their weight.
1. Bariatric Surgery:
In this surgery the stomach is operated in hope of controlling the
diet of the patient. This is to reduce the amount of the food taken
as a meal. The size of the stomach is reduced up to certain capacity
of the stomach. How much to reduce is dependant upon the condition
of the patient and its requirements. Bariatric surgery can be further
subdivided into two groups:
The reversible method: In this method the stomach is divided
into two sacs with the help of adjustable loop. These sacs are the
upper and lower. Upper one is the smaller one while the lower one
tends to have more volume. When the patient eats food, his upper sac
fills soon giving him a feeling of a fuller stomach. Then the food
gradually goes into lower sac over the period of time. And hence it
helps the patient to eat less and feel fuller for a longer duration.
The irreversible method: in this method the size of the
stomach is permanently reduced by cutting and removing a part of
the stomach. This surgery is usually not preferred. But in patients
having low self control and increased chances of relapse this surgery
is done.
2. Liposuction:
This is a very common surgery. It is done all over the world. Nowadays
people are taking it as a way to enhance their beauty which is not
a right thing. It is only designed to remove excess weight, not to
make anyone pencil thin. Lipos means fat in Greek. Hence liposuction
means removal of fat with suction. And this is what is done in this
surgery. The excess fat from the body or from certain parts is removed.
This surgery is co related to other surgeries a swell. When excess
fat is removed the skin becomes loose and needs to be readjusted.
So another surgery is done to adjust that loose skin according to
the body shape. This surgery sounds very appealing as a person gets
thin within few hours but this surgery has equal drawbacks. It is
more expensive due to extensive procedure, relating surgeries of skin
adjustments, can even cause damage to omentum. Omentum is the protective
fat layer in the belly which surrounds the internal organs and keeps
them safe. It basically provides a cushion around the organs, preventing
them from external damages and shocks.
3. Tummy Tuck:
Tummy tuck is a localized surgery. As shown in the name, it tends
to fix only the problematic tummy. Usually it is done after the liposuction.
As I've mentioned before that liposuction makes the skin flabby and
loose so tummy tucks are done to fix skin over the belly area. But
in some cases it is only the skin of the belly which is loose and
needs to be dealt with. A very common example is a female who had
multiple deliveries. When a child is born, the skin over the tummy
becomes loose. Usually it goes back to its place with the passage
of time. But in some cases where there are either too many births
or very short time between the births, they skin over the belly fails
to gain back its stretching ability and becomes permanently loose.
There is one more exceptional case. If a large tumor or neoplastic
mass is removed from the body, it leaves the skin loosened over it.
For example uterine tumors, or ovarian masses or may be in some worse
cases of elephantiasis.
But no matter what surgery you are interested in, you can not decide
on your own. You have to pay a visit to your doctor and ask him about
the surgery best for you. And then he'll decide it for you that whether
you need surgery or not. And if needed which one is better for you.
