Why Choose a Gastric Balloon?
The gastric balloon is the revolutionary new simple way to lose weight and change your relationship with food forever.
The gastric balloon is inserted through your mouth, down your gullet and into your stomach. In our expert hands, it requires little or (usually) no sedation at all, and takes about ten minutes to place. Patients leave the hospital after a couple of hours.
Very few patients need to take any time off work at all.
The gastric balloon is designed to induce weight loss by partially filling your stomach so that you get less hungry, feel fuller quicker, and importantly alter your personal relationship with food. It does so by utilising it alongside a dedicated follow up programme.
The balloon remains in your stomach for 6 months, during which time most patients experience significant weight loss, typically 50% to 100% of their excess body weight.
After 6 months, removal of the balloon is as simple as its placement.
The gastric balloon programme at the National Obesity Surgery Centre is a safe, effective, proven, non-surgical, non-pharmaceutical alternative for the treatment of obesity. It requires no surgery or general anaesthetics whatsoever.
