Procedures marked with * may be covered by insurance.

• Bariatric/Banding Weightloss*
• Body Lift
• Botox for Hyperhydrosis
• Botox®
• Brachioplasty
• Breast Augmentation
• Breast Implants
• Breast Lift
• Breast Reduction
• Captique
• Chin and Cheek Reshaping
• Collagen
• Ear Correction
• Eyelid Surgery
• Face Lift
• Forehead Lift
• Fraxel
• Juvéderm™
• Labial Reduction*
• Lap-Band®*
• Lip Augmentation
• Liposuction
• Male Breast Reduction
• Microdermabrasion
• Neck Lift
• Nose Reshaping
• Podiatry*
• Post Gastric By-Pass
• Restylane
• Thermage
• Thigh Lift
• Tummy Tuck
• Vaginal Rejuvenation*

What is a gastric band?

A gastric band, or a lap band as they are occasionally called, is placed around the upper section of the stomach. In simple terms, by narrowing the stomach outlet, a lap band restricts how much food you would be able to eat before you started to feel full. The band is usually inserted during a laparoscopic surgery. The procedure can change to suit a patient’s needs over time, with the gastric band being adjusted to achieve desired weight loss effect.

Could I be a suitable candidate for a gastric band?

To be suitable for this dramatic and life-changing procedure you need to:

• Have a BMI over 35
• Be prepared to meet with dieticians and psychiatrists over a prolonged period of time
• Recognize that you have a severe weight problem and need a long-term solution to lose weight and help keep the weight off.

It is important that, if you are considering this procedure, you realize it is certainly not an easy solution to losing weight. Just as much dedication and work needs to be done you as the surgeon, both before and after, in order to ensure that your desired weight loss is both achieved and maintained.

Will a gastric band really work?

In the long term this procedure really can change people's lives. For a procedure which takes just 1 hour, the rest of your life can be dramatically improved. Short term you are likely to be sore for a few days and the mental strains of such a decreased appetite can, at first, be quite hard to deal with. However, once these hurdles have been conquered, you really will feel like, and will in fact actually be, an entirely new person. The ability to conquer our appetite and to have a regular relationship with food is something which a lot of us often dream about but, with a weight loss surgery, the dream can very much become a life-altering reality!

Beverly Hills Plastic Surgeons is committed to enhance your natural beauty and help you achieve the look you desire. Along with liposuction we specialize in breast augmentation, breast implants, nose job, weight loss surgery and abdominoplasty. We also provide treatment for bunions and hammertoes.