Treatment Options

Non-Surgical Treatment
Dieting, exercise, and medication have long been regarded as the conventional methods to achieve weight loss. This approach is most appropriate for patients with lower body mass indexes. For patients with severe or morbid obisity, this approach is rarely successful.

Recent research reveals that conventional methods of weight loss generally fail to produce permanent weight loss. Several studies have shown that patients on diets, exercise programs, or medication are able to lose approximately 10% of their body weight but tend to regain two-thirds of it within one year, and almost all of it within five years.(1) Another study found that less than 5% of patients in weight loss programs were able to maintain their reduced weight after five years.(2)

Surgical Treatment
Over the years, weight-loss surgery has proven to be a successful method for the treatment of morbid obesity.(3) Surgical options have continued to evolve and Life Shape is pleased to be able to offer patients the Allergan LAP-BAND® System surgery. This procedure is the least traumatic and the only adjustable and reversible obesity surgery available in the United States. The LAP-BAND System provides a unique tool that can help you achieve and maintain significant weight loss, improve your health, and enhance your quality of life.