Health, doctors don’t do surgery on just anyone. Get your facts straight. They will not do surgery on obese people who refuse to or will not follow a regimen they give them to lose some weight on their own. There is a lot of risks involved with surgery and no doctor is willing to take the risk of someone’s heart stopping or someone’s blood pressure rising or throwing clots because of their weight and complications.
This is not an elective surgery nor is it an ear piercing simplistic procedure. A patient is put under anesthesia and that in itself is risky. A patient does not meet with a bariatric specialist on Monday and have the procedure on Wednesday. That is not how it works. If a woman is 200 pounds, the doctor will most likely not do the procedure. If a woman is 400 pounds she is more of a candidate. However, the doctor will probably require her to do some exercise and follow a diet plan to see how committed she is to the program before doing the procedure. Depending on her health, height and other variables, the doctor will decide what weight will be the ideal to do the procedure whether it is lap band or gastric bypass. Each decision is based on what complications might arise and what outcome they are hoping to achieve. We are talking about truly reputable doctors. If a doctor feels that a patient will not be able to handle the changes after the surgery they will be very reluctant to do it because of the complications both physical and emotional that will occur.
Surgery is not a magical cure. It is not easy to reverse years and years of bad habits. After surgery you have a very small pocket of a stomach. You physically can’t eat much but that doesn’t mean that emotionally you won’t try. Your brain will tell you that you are full but if your emotions block your brain signals and you keep stuffing yourself you will throw up and the fact that you are heaving can cause physical complications to your surgical site, not to mention your esophagus. And then what happens to an emotional eater after they throw up? They will sit down and eat again, throw up again, eat again etc.
So reputable doctors are very careful to choose appropriate candidates for surgery.