Gastric bypass is a cosmetic surgery which the surgeon creates a pouch in the stomach that is small; it will restrict the intake of food along with small intestines and duodenum bypasses which will decrease the body’s ability of foods nutritional absorption.

There are two kinds of gastric bypass cosmetic surgery: the Rouxen-Y I and then is performed most often and then there is the more extensive bypass called the Biliopancreatic.

This kind of cosmetic surgery is usually only performed or recommended to those who are morbidly obese and have tried many means of dieting to no avail. It is not recommended for people who are 10 to 30 pounds overweight.

If you are someone who has tried and failed to get down to a healthy weight by following nutritious and proper diet and exercise, whose BMI is at 40 or even higher and who has developed risky problems with your health due to your weight issues like high blood pressure and diabetes, then this cosmetic surgery of gastric bypass is probably the right thing for you.

As with all plastic surgery and cosmetic surgery this is considered a major operation that carries with it the possible risks and effects that all major surgeries do.

Gastric bypass plastic surgery patients will get prepared by going through an intensive screening by dieticians, physicians and sometimes therapists. Not everyone is a candidate for these procedures.

It is of the most importance for you to follow your physician’s orders to the letter.

During the gastric bypass plastic surgery you will not be aware of anything during the surgery as anesthesia that is general is used. Before you awaken in recovery a small tube will be ran through your nasal cavity and into your new pouch in the stomach, this tube keeps the contents of your stomach emptied for proper healing. It is normally only needed for a day. There may be a second tube ran through your side also if this is used then it will have to stay in for around four to six weeks after surgery.

Food will not be permitted for about two days after you plastic surgery gastric bypass, this is where the stomach can heal correctly. Afterwards you will be given strict dietary guidelines of the things you can and cannot eat after this procedure.

For three to six months following your procedure you will experience a rapid weight loss and you may also have the following side effects from it: tired feeling, aching body, cold feeling, skin dryness, changes in your mood and loss of hair or thinning.

The benefits of having gastric bypass surgery are getting down to a healthier weight and maintaining it. Learning nutritious ways of eating that are good for you and your new lifestyle, lowering high-cholesterol and high blood pressure, getting your diabetes under control and if you had trouble with GERD before this can diminish those problems as well.

The risks of this procedure are as with any other surgery death, blood clots in the legs, pneumonia, a possible narrowing of the stomach and small intestine opening, deficiency in minerals and/or vitamins, gallbladder stones, ulcer of the stomach, incision hernia, intolerance to some foods and dehydration.