Knowing obesity

Obesity Frequently Asked Questions

Our patients come to the consultation with the logical uncertainty that comes with facing their illness.

In this section, we offer you the most frequently asked questions about obesity and its treatment, in order to help you and be able to resolve your doubts.

Morbid obesity

What is morbid obesity?

Health Complications of Obesity

What health complications can obesity have?

Child and adolescent obesity

How to treat childhood and adolescent obesity?

Obesity and fertility and pregnancy

How does obesity affect fertility and pregnancy?

Plastic surgery after obesity

Is plastic surgery necessary after obesity?

Reasons for obesity surgery

An operation that will change your life
When and why obesity surgery?
How does an obesity treatment improve health problems?

Choice of obesity operation

What is the best obesity operation?
What are the accepted obesity operations?
Is one surgical technique good for all obesity patients?

Preparing for the obesity operation

How do you prepare for an obesity operation?
Is anaesthesia dangerous?

Post-operative and recovery

Will I have pain when I wake up from anaesthesia? And in the hours and days that follow?
Is it necessary to be in the intensive care unit after the operation?
Is the hospital stay “very heavy”?
How long will it take me to recover from the operation? When will I be able to live a normal life?

After the obesity operation

When will I be able to exercise after the operation?
What and how should I eat after surgery?
Will I have to take vitamins after surgery?
How does the operation affect my usual life and my social and personal relationships?
Will I need plastic surgery after weight loss?

Results

How much weight will I lose and in what time?
Is weight loss forever? What is my risk of regaining the weight I lost?
Choice of procedure and expected results