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Gastric botox: what the injection can and cannot do

Botulinum injected into the stomach wall slows emptying for three to four months. It is not a substitute for a balloon or a sleeve, and we say so plainly.

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Obesity and fertility: what losing 10% of your weight does

Excess weight disrupts ovulation, sperm quality and IVF access in measurable ways — and a loss of five to ten percent often restores cycles before surgery is discussed.

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The two-week liver diet before bariatric surgery, explained

A fatty liver sits directly over the stomach and blocks the surgeon's view. Two strict low-carbohydrate weeks shrink it enough to keep the operation keyhole.

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Fertility returns fast after a sleeve — plan contraception

Cycles often restart within three months of a sleeve, while the oral pill may absorb unreliably. The eighteen-month window matters for both mother and baby.

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Hair loss after bariatric surgery: month three to month nine

Roughly a third of bariatric patients shed hair between months three and six. It is telogen effluvium, it is temporary, and a transplant then is the wrong answer.

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How much of that 40 kg is muscle — and how to keep it

Without resistance training and enough protein, a quarter of rapid weight loss can come from lean tissue — and lean tissue is what holds your metabolism up.

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Dumping syndrome: why sugar makes you sweat and shake

Early dumping strikes fifteen to thirty minutes after a sugary meal; late dumping arrives at two hours and feels like hypoglycaemia. Both are manageable.

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Childhood obesity: what to do, and what we will not do

We do not perform bariatric surgery on anyone under eighteen, and we turn these enquiries down every month. Here is what a family should be doing instead.

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Sleep and weight: why five hours a night blocks fat loss

Short sleep raises ghrelin, dulls insulin sensitivity and steers appetite towards sugar. Untreated sleep apnoea makes the whole loop considerably worse.

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Eid, Christmas and weddings after a sleeve: a real plan

A festive table is a mechanical problem, not a moral one: a small stomach, a long meal, sugary drinks and relatives who insist. Here is what actually works.

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