Gastric surgery
Gastric Botox
Gastric Botox is a non surgical method, especially recommended for people who have small amount of excess weight. Botox, etemporarily paralyzes stomach nerves and muscles for 4 to 6 months, reducing appetite and keeping nutrients in the stomach for longer.
Stomach botox can actually be applied to anyone who wants to lose weight. This procedure is not an obesity surgery. However, there are certain criterias for patients who can be applied.
It is a suitable method for those who cannot lose weight properly with diet and sports.
Gastric botox is not recommended in patients with a body mass index above 40 and who can achieve success with obesity surgery.
Body mass index of the patients to whom stomach botox will be applied should be below 40. In other words, it is applied in individuals who cannot lose weight with diet and exercise, whose body mass index is between 27-35, and who has an excess of 10-20 kilos. At this point, patients who are overweight but not obese enough to be operated and want to lose weight make up the ideal patient group.
In patients with ulcers or gastritis in their stomach, first of all, appropriate treatment of these diseases can be performed and then stomach botox can be applied.
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Does gastric botox cause permanent damage to the stomach?
It is known that the full effect of the drug used in stomach botox is completely erased from the body within 4-6 months. Therefore, there is no possibility of permanent damage.
When does the effect of stomach botox begin?
The feeling of hunger decreases within 2-3 days after applying stomach botox. Loss of weight begins to appear after 2 weeks. The targeted 10-20 kgs are lost.
Stomach botox is applied only to the smooth muscles of the stomach, it has no effect on nerve cells and the movement of the intestines. Therefore, it does not increase the bowel laziness. In the diet that will be prepared specially for you after stomach botox (state this to your dietician), an improvement in bowel laziness can be seen by adding the foods for the operation of the intestines to the diet.
Can it be applied to pregnant and breastfeeding women?
Adequate studies have not been conducted on the applying of stomach botox in pregnant and breastfeeding women.
What is the expectation from a stomach botox procedure?
Patients are expected to lose 10-15% of their total weight within a period of 3-6 months. The amount of weight lost; It may differ from person to person according to age, metabolic rate and frequency of exercise.
