A weight loss pill may be on the way.  For sure, this time.

We’ve been promised this pill for a long time, but now scientists have discovered “the fat gene”.

This is an enzyme that thinner people have that signals their bodies to go ahead and burn the fat up.

People who don’t have the enzyme, known as MGAT2, may be the ones growing fatter.

Not only will the gene help prevent obesity, but it may also help stop a person from developing diabetes.

Read Weight Loss Gene Discovered

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John Singer Sargent, one of the foremost portrait painters of the nineteenth century, summed it up best.
“A great portrait will always have a little something wrong with the mouth.”

John Howard Sanden, a well respected New York portrait painter puts it this way, “presenting the portrait never gets easier.”

A portrait painter can go back and make the necessary changes to please a client, but surgeons don’t work with brushes and paint. If a doctor has a dissatisfied patient, it could be disastrous.

You may not realize it, but your plastic surgeon will be scrutinizing you mentally and emotionally as well as physically when you have that first consultation. He may even turn you down as a patient.

Why? Because your expectations may be unrealistic. You may be asking for the surgery for the wrong motives.

How will you know you and your doctor will have a good working relationship?

How will you know if you will be a good candidate emotionally for your surgery?

Read Skin Deep A Face Not Even a Plastic Surgeon Could Love

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These surgeries are solutions to a the very serious health threats caused by morbid obesity as well as sever obesity.

But can they also be viable solutions for people who are overweight but not obese?

With dangerous weight gain comes such threatening conditions as hypertension, diabetes, sleep apnea, urinary incontinence, liver disease and arthritis.

And weight loss surgery some or all of these conditions can be greatly reduced and perhaps eliminated together.

Couldn’t weight loss surgery help many people to avoid these conditions before they get out of hand?

Why don’t more doctors advise weight loss surgery for anyone who wants it?

There are risks and patients need to know all of those risks before taking this step.

However, as surgical techniques, such as adjustable gastric band surgery are improved, perhaps more overweight people can become candidates before their conditions get to the obese stages.

Meanwhile, find a doctor who will work with you and help you explore all your options safely.

Will weight loss surgery, bariatric, or gastric bypass surgeries be for you? Only your doctor can advise you on the risks involved and can guide you to the right solutions for successful weight loss.

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