How to Remove a Lap Band After Surgery

Lap band surgery is considered a safe and convenient method to help a person lose weight and adopt a healthy lifestyle. It's the least-invasive surgery and it can be fully reversed. Follow these steps to find out how to reverse or remove your lap band after surgery.

Instructions

1

Talk to your surgeon and discuss the need to remove the band. Usually, the band is removed if the person's body doesn't accept the band after a long span of adjustments, if the patient gets pregnant or if the patient is suffering from problems due to malnutrition despite taking dietary supplements.

2

Let the surgeon run tests and check if the band actually needs to be removed. Maybe he or she can re-adjusting it to cure the problem.

3

Get the surgery reversed after ensuring your surgeon's approval. Note that this can be done by either removing the band or by taking the saline out of the band.

4

Visit the surgeon who performed your lap band surgery. Speak with her or him about your intention of reversing or removing the band.