As obesity rates around the world soar, demand for gastric band surgery has never been higher. The success stories of celebrities such as comedian Micky Robins, movie star Randy Jackson and the infamous Sharon Osborne have encouraged thousands to follow in their footsteps.

The operation involves placing a band around the top region of the stomach. The band creates a small pouch at the top of the stomach that can hold approximately ½ of a cup of food rather than the average six cups.

When this pouch is full it sends a message to the brain that the entire stomach is full. Therefore the patient is hungry less often, feels full more quickly and for longer periods of time, eating smaller portions and loses weight.

The fitting of a surgical Gastric Band results in most patients achieving a steady ongoing weight loss until they reach their target weight, as agreed with their surgeon. The success rate for this surgery is 70% and the cost can be in the thousands depending on the surgeon.

The gastric band program is intended for people who have 10’s of kilos rather than just a few kilos to lose. The gastric band is generally reserved for people with a body mass index of 35 or over. Anyone who is overweight by more than 10 kilos may want to consider the hypnotic gastric band program at a fraction of the cost of actual gastric band surgery.

Whether you have an aversion to surgery, an allergy to anaesthetic drugs or you just don’t like hospitals, a gastric band hypnotherapy program provides an alternative that you should consider.

The success rate of the virtual gastric band hypnotherapy is 80% and yet the cost is a fraction of the cost of actual Gastric Band surgery. Results show that with surgery 50% of patients suffer nausea after surgery, 35% reflux, 25% slippage of the band, 15% an obstruction or blockage, many suffer constipation, diarrhoea and difficulty swallowing. None of these are present with gastric band hypnotherapy.

The Gastric Band program incorporates four sessions including the necessary preparation work for weight loss, retraining your mind with regard to your eating habits and actually applying the virtual gastric band. The program includes a follow up session eight weeks after the Band is applied to make any necessary adjustments.

To find out more about gastric band hypnotherapy or just weight loss in general visit our contacts page or call our clinical hypnotherapist Tony Grant on 0407441410.