Will bariatric surgery come down in price.

At a baseline, surgery (or the surgery performed by the sort of people you want to have it performed by, at least) has costs, and the majority of the costs don’t decrease drastically with slightly smaller demand because they’re driven by overheads. Additionally, most of the surgeons who do private bariatric work will be doing other private work within their specialism and will still have demand for that, rather than be sitting around twiddling their thumbs, likewise operating space, clinics, support staff etc.

Agree also with previous poster about sustained weight loss with injections: all the data indicates that the majority of people put the weight back on once they stop the injections, because they largely work to suppress appetite rather than address why you became obese in the first place, so unless the injections are in tandem with broader lifestyle changes / therapy / insight etc for many people they will only be a temporary fix.

So many people I know, who have used weightloss injections can't sustain it when the injections are stopped, and have put the weight back on and more.I had a gastric bypass and have lost 7 Stone, and feel it gives better long term results.

Interesting. Funnily enough I was just thinking about this as two people I vaguely know have had bariatric surgery recently, and I was wondering why anyone would do that these days when Mounjaro et al seem so much easier and less invasive. And it got me to thinking if surgeons will just switch to offering other cosmetic stuff - skin reduction seems an obvious choice.

I can't imagine this is an area where supply and demand plays a big part. Surgery is an expensive thing regardless. The costs of the staff and clinic time etc will be high whatever. I think if demand falls then the clinics and surgeons will just switch to other types of procedures rather than lower the price.