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A customizable, reversible weight loss solution that puts you back in control—so your focus stays on the moments that truly matter.
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For over two decades, Lap-Band® has helped patients around the world take control of their weight loss journey.
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What is
Lap‑Band®?
A gastric band placed around the upper part of the stomach to help you eat less and feel full sooner.
Why Choose Lap‑Band®
Personalized. Adjustable. Reversible.
Lap-Band® is designed to evolve with you—supporting your health,
your goals, and your lifestyle.
Reversible
Does not permanently alter the stomach.
Adjustable
Customized over time to fit your progress.
No Cutting or Stapling
The stomach remains intact.
Personalized Treatment
Your team can fine-tune your treatment.
Is Lap-Band® Right For My Weight Loss Journey?
For safe, easy, successful, and lasting weight loss, choose Lap-Band®
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Frequently Asked Questions
Lap-Band is a customizable weight-loss device that helps you feel full sooner and stay full longer by gently limiting how much food your stomach can hold, with adjustments made by your healthcare provider during routine office visits.
Yes, Lap-Band is a reversible surgery and does not alter the human anatomy.
Lap-Band implantation is a minimally invasive procedure. However, it is a major surgery. There may be complications such as gastric strangulation, ischaemia, perforation, or volvulus, band slippage or migration from the original implant site. These can be corrected through band adjustments, or re-surgeries in adverse cases.
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A Lap-Band is recommended as a weight loss solution after conventional methods like diet, exercise and changes in lifestyle don’t bear the desired results. Patient selection is done based on surgeon evaluating the patient on:
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- The patient has a BMI >The patient has a BMI >30 with one or more obesity related comorbidities
- The patient has a BMI of >40 without any other comorbidity
- Age of 18 or above
- Committed to long term follow-ups and strict diet and lifestyle changes.
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With the band in place, you are less hungry, it takes less food for you to feel full, and you feel full for a longer time. The small pouch above the band can hold only a small amount of food. To be digested, the food must pass through the opening between the upper pouch and lower pouch.
You eat less food, which means your body draws on its fat reserves to get the energy it needs, and you lose weight.
Yes Lap-Band is a safe long-term weight loss option. It is totally reversible and does not alter human anatomy. However, patients must be committed to long-term engagement with the doctor as the Lap-Band requires timely adjustments. Along with major changes in lifestyle and diet.
Yes, in 2001 the US FDA approved the clinical application of the Lap-Band.
Yes Lap-Band implantations have been performed over 1,000,000 times worldwide, and it is backed by over 25 years of clinical evidence.* It is the only FDA-approved laparoscopic weight-loss device. Read about Lab-Band success stories
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Important Lap-Band® System Safety Information
The Lap-Band Systems are approved for adults with a Body Mass Index (BMI) of 40 or higher, or a BMI of at least 30 with health conditions related to obesity, who have not seen success with other weight loss methods, like supervised diet, exercise, and behavior modification programs. Choosing this surgery means committing to changes in eating habits for the long term.
The Lap-Band procedure is not approved for individuals under 18 yo, those with conditions that may make them poor surgical candidates or lead to poor results, such as inflammatory or cardiopulmonary diseases, problems with the stomach and digestion, symptoms or family history of autoimmune disease, scarring of the liver, individuals unable or unwilling to follow the necessary dietary restrictions, individuals with alcohol or drug addictions, or those currently pregnant. Individuals who become pregnant after band placement may require deflation of their bands.
The Lap-Band Systems, a long-term tool, may need to be adjusted if you get pregnant, sick, or malnourished. Be careful with anti-inflammatory drugs as they could make the band wear away. Like any surgery, placement of the Lap-Band may have complications such as risks from drugs and methods used, general surgery risks, how well your body handles a foreign object, or in rare cases, risk of death.
As with any surgical procedure, there are risks associated with metabolic and bariatric surgery that you and your doctor should discuss. Potential risks associated with the Lap-Band include nausea, vomiting, heartburn, stomach blockage, constipation, swallowing difficulty, diarrhea, abnormal stools, abdominal pain, weakness, incision pain, infection, fever, hernia, chest pain, band movement, stomach pouch expansion, unusual healing, pain at the port site, port movement, and/or hair loss. Additional surgery might be needed. Losing weight quickly could lead to complications requiring more surgery.
Talk to your doctor, and/or visit our website at www.lapband.com/safety/ for more information on its benefits and risks.
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