One of the most common clinically proven safe surgery procedures in solving obesity problems is the bariatric surgery. Dr. Loren Borud is among the few trusted cosmetic surgeons in the US who specialize in this type of weight loss solution. He has also been considered as one of the pioneers in modern body contouring procedures that are necessary for obese people who successfully achieved drastic weight loss through the said surgery. To date, he holds a record of about 52,000 body contouring procedures and more or less 100,000 successful bariatric surgery sessions.

Although Dr. Loren Borud specializes in both bariatric surgery and body contouring, it should be noted that these two procedures are not the same. Bariatric surgery is a weight loss solution that works by decreasing the size of a person’s stomach while body contouring is a procedure required to fix the skin deformation after the drastic weight loss. Bariatric surgery also comes with some techniques done with the digestive system to limit the amount of the nutrients absorbed by the body. According to some experts, it is best to start a healthy lifestyle prior to having this procedure. This is to increase the chance of the most desirable results of the surgery and to help the body prepare for it as well.

There are four main types of bariatric surgery that surgeons like Dr. Loren Borud currently offer. First of these is the Adjustable Gastric Banding (AGB). As the name implies, an adjustable gastric band is employed into the opening of the esophagus down to the stomach. This band is basically intended to constrict the amount of the food taken into the stomach. For the second type, the Gastric Bypass (GB), the stomach is permanently reduced into the size of an egg. The stomach is also clumped at its opening to enable the bypass function. Another type is the Gastric Sleeve (GS) surgery whose main purpose is to remove only a portion of the stomach. Meanwhile, the last type of bariatric surgery is the Billiopancreatic Bypass with a Duodenal Switch (BPD). This is the surgery where a portion of the stomach is completely removed along with the top of the small intestine and duodenum.

All of the mentioned types of bariatric surgery mainly require an incision in the abdomen, which is either an open or small laparoscopic type. On the other hand, people who undergo this weight loss solution are advised by Dr. Loren Borud to take the prescribed vitamins and other food supplements. These are intended for faster recovery and to avoid any complication.