Gastric sleeve surgery Turkey

[dancemom]

Has anyone had this procedure and would recommend their clinic or surgeon specifically in Turkey?

Looking into this with someone and would welcome a personal recommendation

I don't think this is advisable. I'm open to the idea of cosmetic surgery in Turkey in general, but for something so complex doesn't it make sense to be in your home country with the security and support that that offers?

Wasn’t there an article in the press recently about all the people being seriously ill / dying after ops in Turkey? It’s crazy to go abroad for this.

Someone I know died having this procedure recently, she left three young children without a mother.

I wouldn't go to Turkey for any procedure.

Spend the money on therapy and a personal trainer.

Don’t.

Do you read the papers?

There are much less invasive and less dangerous ways to lose weight medically now with the new weight loss drugs Wegovy and Mounjaro. Maybe look into that instead. Lots of threads on here about them.

My cousin did this some 13 years ago and told me afterwards - I thought it was an absolutely terrible idea. She was lucky and came harm but FWIW it had no long-term impact on her weight.

Don’t. Just don’t. When it all goes wrong you will expect the NHS to pick up the pieces.

For all the reasons people have mentioned above, don't do it!

I have seen tictoks of people that have had it done and one person that stuck out was someone that did it, lost all the weight but then couldn't stop losing. So now has to live with being unable to eat enough to try and not starve. Also a gastric sleeve means you will struggle for life to get enough nutrients and could end up with extreme hair loss and other issues.

Like someone mentioned above, look at mornjaro or wegovy. Its basically a drug that makes it feel like you have a gastric sleeve. So you don't feel like eating, don't get hungry and feel full easily. The good thing about it is it's not permanent unlike a gastric sleeve!

My step mum had this surgery in the UK courtesy of a specialist surgeon on the NHS.

She has had no end of problems with it over the years, including countless adjustments and even hospital admissions for malnourishment.

There is no way on earth I would recommend travelling further than your local hospital to have this sort of procedure. Too risky both during surgery and immediate recovery, and for your entire life afterwards.

Try changing your diet for a few weeks beforehand (not to be facetious) - the adjustments my step mum has had to make have been utterly life-changing. If you can't manage that then don't bother with the surgery.

TLDR: ARE YOU FUCKING NUTS?

Try Ozempic or Mounjaro first. Then a gastric balloon. All safer then the gastric sleeve. I've lost 4 stone on Ozempic. It works.

Think about it very carefully.

I know two people in my wider circle who went abroad, one to Turkey and one to Egypt, both in the last 18 months and both have had horrendous trouble. Both ended up in A&E when they got home with infections and one had to have emergency surgery.

You hear horror stories but it really hit home when it was two people I knew (one ex colleague, one old school mate) in a short space of time.