Tired of dieting hard and losing weight, just to watch the scale creep back up? Our board-certified bariatric surgeon, Dr. Jesus Ceja founder of ‘Bariatric Surgery Tijuana‘, can help you lose weight, keep it off, and reclaim your life.
Weight loss surgery patients routinely lose 100-200 pounds and are healthier, more active, and need fewer medications than they did before weight loss surgery. Bariatric surgery is even effective at curing type II diabetes.
Bariatric surgery simply means weight loss surgery. It involves removing or sectioning off part of the stomach to make it smaller, meaning that a person cannot eat more than a small portion in a given meal. This is something we call restriction.
Some bariatric surgical options also bypass a portion of the intestines to decrease the amount of calories absorbed. We call this malabsorption.
The best and most lasting weight loss is often achieved through a combination of restriction and malabsorption.
Types of Bariatric Surgery
This is a minimally invasive surgery that is performed laparoscopically through just 4 or 5 tiny incisions. This avoids much of the pain traditionally encountered with “open” surgeries performed through large surgical incisions.
Various types of weight loss surgery are available. The best type of bariatric surgery for you will depend on your individual medical history and desired weight loss goals.
The three most common types of weight loss surgery selected by our patients are the laparoscopic sleeve gastrectomy, the laparoscopic gastric bypass, and the loop duodenal switch.
Dr. Jesus Ceja is an specialist in safe weight loss surgery, and will work with you to discover the best weight loss surgery to fit your specific needs.
If you also have a hiatal hernia, this may need to be repaired at the time of surgery. Dr. Ceja is also an expert at definitive hiatal hernia repair.
Benefits of Bariatric Surgery
Bariatric surgery is a life-changing event that can dramatically improve your quality of life. Weight loss surgery isn’t just about your health, it’s about living life to its fullest and not missing a moment.
According to Dr. Jesus Ceja, bariatric surgery provides many health benefits in addition to weight loss, including:
- Diabetes: improved in 86% of patients, remission in 77% of patients
- Hypertension (high blood pressure): improved in 78% of patients, cured in 62% of patients
- Hyperlipidemia (high cholesterol and high triglycerides): improved in more than 70% of patients
- Obstructive Sleep Apnea: cured in 86% of patients
- Premature Death: 5-year mortality decreased by 89%
- Arthritis: significantly less pain and increased mobility
- Asthma: improved or resolved in 82% of patients
- Infertility: improved or resolved
- Skin infections and skin rashes: improved or resolved
- Ankle swelling: improved or resolved
- Lymphedema: improved or resolved
- Heart failure (obesity-related): improved or resolved
- Cardiovascular Disease: risk reduced by 82%
- Migraines: resolved in 57% of patients
- Depression: resolved in 55% of patients
- GERD: resolved in over 72% of patients
- Gout: resolved in 77% of patients
- Stress Urinary Incontinence: resolved in 44–88% of patients
- Metabolic Syndrome: resolved in 80% of patients
- Venous Stasis Disease: resolved in 95% of patients
- Non-Alcoholic Fatty Liver Disease: improved or resolved
Bariatric surgery in Tijuana, Mexico has been shown to increase life expectancy and provide individuals with a happier, healthier, and more active life. The overall quality of life improves in 95% of obese individuals after weight loss surgery. Weight loss surgery can also improve your social and economic opportunities, and your overall sense of well being.
