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Gastric Balloon Aftercare - HCPC Registered Dietitians
All Programmes Include Dietetic Care
A weight loss dietician is one of the most important things that we offer at Allure. For sustainable weight loss, with either a gastric sleeve or a gastric balloon, food intake should be monitored and a healthy lifestyle established. To help with this, Allure ensure that our registered dietitian support is a part of every aftercare programme.
Our dietitians are HCPC registered, members of the British Dietetic Association, and work daily with bariatric surgery and gastric balloon patients. They are here to continually monitor your progress and are committed to helping you sustainably lose weight. Considered intrinsic to the success of the Allure Weightloss Programme as a whole, our dietitians will meet with you regularly to offer professional dietetic advice. This comes at no extra cost to our patients, who get to enjoy this service as part of their weight loss procedures with us.
Pre-Procedure Dietetic Session
Prior to your procedure, there will be an initial consultation with our dietitian to discuss and create a personalised programme for you. They will offer dietary advice and identify key areas and eating habits to work on. They will help to prepare you for placement day, immediately after, and for the first weeks after placement before regular sessions to help you get to your ideal body weight.
Meet Our Dietitians
Nobody is an island. Get the right support at the right time. Regardless of whether you are a gastric balloon, gastric sleeve, or gastric bypass patient, you can rely on our team to help you through your weight loss journey from start to finish. That’s because you’ll be an Allure Patient, privy to complete weight loss programmes.
Chris Slater
Dietitian
Odul Turkay
Dietitian
Bespoke Support
Following your weight loss procedure, you be asked to maintain a liquid diet for a short time. Our team are on hand to ensure that there are no nutritional deficiencies during this time that may cause health problems, as well as making sure that your body composition and food preferences are taken into consideration.
We all know that fad diets don’t work, and our bespoke dietetic sessions are here to help and guide you in losing weight so that you can maximise your weight loss with the your gastric procedure. By monitoring your progress, we can help you make the changes needed to guide you towards healthy weight loss. These sessions are crucial and are key to the success of your weight loss journey, so be committed and pro-active.
Dietitians are available through Allure Weightloss when undergoing any of our gastric balloon or bariatric surgeries.
Additional Support
Aside from the dietetic support offered with every procedure at Allure Weightloss, we also offer bariatric nursing support, optional weight loss counselling, or revision surgery if you need it. We are passionate about ensuring all of our patients are equipped with the knowledge they need and feel supported throughout the process of their weight loss journey.
Bariatric Nurses
Our nurses provide patients peace of mind both before and after all procedures at our clinics, ensuring a healthy recovery and sustainable weight loss.
Weight Counselling
We offer additional, optional support for an extra cost with our counsellor. So if you feel you need a little extra support, we’re here to help.
Revision Surgery
If you’ve had a previous bariatric surgery and are unhappy with the results, we offer a number of revision surgery options.
Start Your Gastric Balloon Journey
By getting in touch with our medical weight loss specialists, your weight loss journey with Allure Weightloss begins. We offer professional medical advice to all of our prospective patients, with your health and wellbeing are in mind at all times. We are also on hand to answer any further questions you may have regarding bariatric surgery as well as our 6 and 12 month gastric balloons in the UK. We look forward to hearing from you!
Post Programme FAQ's
As long as you practice what you have learnt throughout the programme there is no reason for you to put weight back on. In fact studies show that 95% of weight loss can be sustained at 12 months if lifestyle changes are being maintained.
Most people can return to normal activity within a few days. However, many people do experience nausea, abdominal cramping and, occasionally, vomiting after balloon placement for the first three days.
In most cases, your will prescribe commonly used medication to help manage these symptoms as part of the package.
There are no absolute dietary restrictions with the our Programmes. However, to make the most of the programme and maximise your weight loss and comfort, our dietitian will tailor recommendations for you, your body and your weight-loss goals.
Both the BiB and ORBERA balloons are removed via an Endoscopy under light sedation.
Once the balloon has been removed, you will continue to meet your dietitian, and your stomach would have now adjusted to your new eating habits learnt over the course of balloon residence.
1:Raftopoulos et al. Abstract 1978. Presented at ACS 2019, San Francisco, United States
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