Pre-Counseling: What You Need to Know
Excess weight gain is a complex issue and weight management must be tackled with care. Severe and prolonged overweight conditions lead to increased risk of medical problems such as poor circulation in the legs, severe snoring, diabetes, hypertension, infertility, and cancers. Which is why proper medical supervision and lifestyle modification are critical for long term weight loss management.
The first step to effective weight loss is learning more about what you are dealing with. While other weight loss methods promise quick fixes and instant remedies, we are not here to tell you the same thing.
Allergan’s Appetite Re-Programming Weight Loss System is a 6-month programme that will empower you to lose weight by providing a feeling of fullness using a unique weight loss tool – a small, expandable silicone balloon known as the Intragastric Balloon.
This will help to jumpstart your weight loss journey by keeping the stomach silent while you progress along with the Extended Care Programme. Regular consultations with your physician will also contribute to your weight loss success.
Staying committed to your weight loss programme is vital, yet more often than not, tedious to keep to. Which is what differentiates our programme from other one-off, inconsistent weight loss methods. During the programme, you will be supported with goal-mapping, motivating gifts, BMI updates, diet and exercise plans and other programme activities to help track your weight loss goals.
With your commitment and the help of the Intragastric Balloon, you can transform your body and lifestyle. And maintain it.
Speak with Your Physician
Your physician is your partner in your weight loss journey. He or she will determine if you are suitable for the procedure, map your weight loss goals with you, and provide professional guidance on how to follow a new, healthier lifestyle with diet and exercise plans, and motivate you to stay loyal to your willpower to lose weight. Ask your physician about the Intragastric Balloon and how it can transform your life.
What is the Weight Loss Tool?
Known as the Intragastric Balloon, it is a non-surgical, non-pharmaceutical aid to losing weight. The weight loss tool is a soft, expandable, silicone balloon that is placed inside the stomach through the mouth whilst it remain deflated.
Once inserted in the stomach, the Intragastric Balloon is inflated with sterile saline. The full Intragastric Balloon will fill a large portion of the stomach and thus reduces the capacity of the stomach.
How does the Weight Loss Tool work?
- The Intragastric Balloon helps to create a sense of fullness and does not allow overeating.
- This allows you to diet effectively without the stomach feeling constantly hungry.
As you get adjusted to your new eating habits, the balloon will stay in your stomach for 6 months. It will be removed at the end of the 6th month.
