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After Dramatic Weight Loss, Do Patients Often Need Reconstructive Surgery? - Dr. Fobi (VIDEO)

By Dr. Mathias Fobi Expert January 5, 2010 - 4:57pm
 
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Dr. Mathias Fobi shares why obese patients commonly need reconstructive surgery after dramatic weight loss.

More Videos from Dr. Mathias Fobi 26 videos in this series

Dr. Fobi:

Most weight loss patients, especially those who are 250 pounds and above would need some reconstructive surgery, when they lose weight they have saggy skins around their tummy, around their arms, but they don’t have to have it. It’s just that they feel very gratified with the weight, but they don’t feel good when they take off their clothes and look at their bodies. So they need reconstructive surgery to take away the excess skin.

About Dr. Mathias A.L. Fobi, M.D., F.A.C.S.:
Dr. Mathias A.L. Fobi, is an internationally recognized bariatric surgeon, who has changed the shape of Hollywood heavyweights such as Etta James and American Idol’s Randy Jackson. MAL, as he is known among friends, was born in Nkwen, a small village in Cameroon, West Africa. He is a member of the first batch, class of 1965, 0f Sacred Heart College in Mankon Bamenda in Cameroon. He came to the USA through the African Scholarship Program for American Universities (ASPAU) in 1966. This was a scholarship program that was inaugurated by President Kennedy along with the Peace Corps Program.

Keywords:
Condition: Obesity, Morbid Obesity, Weight Loss, Morbidly Obese

Related Terms: StomaphyX™, Weight Loss, Bariatric Surgery, LAP-BAND®, Laparoscopic Gastric Banding, Gastric Sleeve, Revisional Bariatric Surgery, Nutrition, Overweight, BMI, Body Mass Index, Decreased Mobility, Comorbidities, Diabetes, Hypertension, REALIZE®, GERD, Bariatric Seminars, REALIZE® Band, Minimally Invasive Bariatric Surgery, StomaphyX™

Expert: Dr. Mathias A.L. Fobi, Mathias A. L. Fobi, M.D., Dr. Fobi, Doctor Fobi, Bariatric Surgeon Dr. Fobi

Expertise: Incisionless Bariatric Surgery, Bariatric Surgery, LAP-BAND®, Laparoscopic Gastric Banding, Gastric Sleeve, Revisional Bariatric Surgery, Sleeve Gastrectomy, Fobi Pouch

 
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