One of the most common questions that I get with my patients before bariatric surgery is the issue with hair loss after bariatric surgery. Unfortunately, this is a common complaint of many post-operative patients. Hair loss is quite common after surgery, occurring in about 40 percent of our post-operative patients.
During our first meeting with patients, we always discuss the fact that the weight loss surgery journey puts some stress on relationships and especially on marriages. This surprises some, but we know that some marriages struggle after bariatric surgery and that the divorce rate probably increases somewhat in the years
Celebrating Melissa's Before & After RNY Gastric Bypass Journey! The doctor came into the family waiting room where I was gathered with my family. He told my Dad the surgery was successful, however, the cancer had spread. When they let the family in to see my Mom, I could not
Did you know that 95% of non-surgical weight loss attempts fail? How is that possible? There are countless diet options out there, from Paleo to Weight Watchers, to Jenny Craig, to Ideal Protein—just to name a few. There are millions of gyms in the United States where you can burn
Why is it so difficult to give up certain foods? The origins of your relationship with food go back a long way. If your life was a film and we viewed some highlights of it frame by frame, we would see all kinds of situations where you and food were
It’s your birthday! Let’s go to your favorite restaurant and eat. It’s a work party! Let’s go eat at a restaurant. It’s the end of a busy day, too tired to cook! Let’s get fast food. Whatever the reasons, eating at a restaurant is a reality of modern life. This
Quotes accompanied by perfect “yoga bodies” are all over Instagram and social media, twisted into intricate and stretchy poses. Albeit fun to look at and are inspiring, they can also be intimidating. The good news is that yoga’s benefits are easily obtained in poses that do not require flexibility or
I am very excited to share my Before & After VSG journey! I am, and always have been, addicted to food. I love everything about it. The smell, taste, texture, family functions, celebrations, etc. Weighing in at a whopping 399.4 pounds, I would say I am your normal weight loss
Bariatric news always catches my eye and last week there is an interesting story about Buffalo Bills Coach Rex Ryan getting lap band removal done in solidarity with his twin brother, Rob, who both had lap bands to combat their mutual morbid obesity. Rex Ryan on His Lap Band Removal
When I was 34 years old, I weighed 502 pounds. My BMI classified me as Super Morbidly Obese. That same year, my doctor sat me down, looked me in the eyes and told me that if I continued to gain weight at the pace I had been, he feared that
