I err on the side of caution with surgery like this. It is a concept that does not sit well with me, mostly a "gut" feeling, but also from what I have seen. Now I can only really comment on those with a lapband that I know in real life and in those cases I do not believe it was the best thing for those people. One I know was quite capable in the past of losing weight, he completely ballooned after marrying a fabulous cook. The other, yes she has struggled all her life with weight and I fully supported her lapband choice. Well that is until I watched her eat lots of fried food and leave behind the veg (even when cooked in a way that she could eat).

I think certainly that it is just a piece of the jigsaw for losing weight, but I do not believe it is the one and only solution.