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A large number of people from the USA, Canada and other parts of the world visit Mexico for bariatric surgery every year. Obesity is a serious health issue linked to other life-threatening conditions like diabetes, heart diseases, sleep apnea and hypertension.

If a person’s BMI is 35 or more and exercise and diet have proved ineffective in losing weight, he/she may consider weight loss surgery. Sometimes, a bariatric surgeon may consider a person with lower BMI, too, for surgery if he/she has co-morbidities. Gastric Bypass in Mexico is usually performed on very high BMI patients.

Benefits of Weight Loss Surgery in Mexico

• Obesity surgeries are often too costly in the USA for an average health budget. This is where affordable bariatric surgeries like gastric bypass and lap band in Mexico come into the picture. You can expect to save at least 30%-50% of what it takes in the USA even if you add the overall package including travel and accommodation expenses.
• You can fly, drive or even walk across the border into Mexico for your weight loss surgery. It’s that close. For instance, there are many quality gastric band centers along the Mexico border. Hence, you spend less time and money on travel.
• Weight loss surgeons in Mexico have high levels of training and expertise in bariatric procedures like gastric sleeve and duodenal switch. Quite a few of them have trained and worked abroad in the USA and other medically advanced countries.
• Tourist hospitals in Mexico have state-of-the-art facilities and employ the most advanced technologies for obesity surgery.

Bariatric Surgery in Mexico - Disadvantages

• Spanish is the most commonly used language in Mexico, so you cannot expect all doctors and hospital staff to speak English.
• Though it may be very near, you will still be technically going abroad, and this entails more preparation and planning ahead than perhaps surgery in your home country.

However, these issues need not really come in the way, as Medical Tourism Corporation can offer you a comprehensive package that takes care of all the travel and stay issues in Mexico. It will also guide you to board-certified surgeons at top hospitals in Mexico who speak fluent English, and treat many medical tourists from the US.

Factors to Consider Before Choosing Obesity Surgery in Mexico

Weight loss surgery, whether in Mexico, USA or elsewhere, is a major, life-changing decision. Make sure you have conducted thorough research and thought through the following aspects:

• Check with your bariatric surgery center in Mexico about all the costs involved: major and minor.
• Check on the credentials of the bariatric surgeon and hospital to ensure that lower costs do not in any way mean compromising on proper medical expertise. The weight loss surgeon should have got certification in bariatric surgery from an accredited medical school.
• Along with benefits, learn about risks of obesity surgery like infections, dumping syndrome, lack of proper nutrition (caused by the surgery reducing your ability to take food), etc.
• Verify arrangements for pre- and post-op tests and care. Choose a hospital/clinic that has all required infrastructure like ICU, MRI, blood bank, X-Ray and pharmacy, apart from round-the-clock availability of doctors. You don’t want to be running around for blood tests and the like when you go for surgery.
• You must be mentally prepared for extensive changes involving diet, exercise and lifestyle changes after weight loss surgery, to be followed throughout your life. This can be psychologically stressful to many in the beginning.
• Bariatric procedures often require follow-up measures. So, make sure that you have made arrangements closer home for post-surgery check-ups.
• Understand how much time will be required for the entire process of traveling to Mexico, getting the surgery done, returning home, and the recuperation time required. You can plan your time off from work accordingly.

To sum it up, bariatric surgery in Mexico can end up saving you a lot of money, and prove very beneficial to your health.

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