A NEW APPROACH FOR RENEWED SUCCESS

The S.L.I.M.M.S. Revision of Gastric Bypass was invented by Dr. Quebbemann with the goal of offering a new path forward for gastric bypass patients that are unsatisfied with their weight.

Everyone’s body is alive and constantly changing. Even if your anatomy was initially correct after surgery, that doesn’t mean it will stay that way forever. If the opening between the gastric pouch and intestine enlarges, or the size of the gastric pouch “stretches,” many people will find that they regain weight. For other people, their anatomy may remain correct, but they developed an increased appetite and find that they are able to eat a lot more food than they could during the first few years after surgery. In these circumstances, revision of the gastric bypass to a S.L.I.M.M.S. Procedure may be the best option.

Needing a revision does not imply failure by either you or your surgeon, it simply means that “things changed” and need to be improved.

Scientific studies have shown that the hunger hormone Ghrelin decreases dramatically after a gastric bypass. However, it begins to increase at about 6 months after surgery and is normal after one year. When a surgeon performs a standard gastric bypass revision, there is no drop in the hormone Ghrelin. This has led to publications showing that traditional gastric bypass revision often does not help patients. With the S.L.I.M.M.S. Revision of Gastric Bypass, the portion of the already bypassed stomach that produces Ghrelin is removed. Dr. Quebbemann expects this type of revision to have superior results over the standard procedure.

The S.L.I.M.M.S. Revision of Gastric Bypass could be a great fit for individuals that have already had a gastric bypass but are unhappy with their current results.

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The S.L.I.M.M.S.® Lifestyle Procedure is for people that want to lose weight for lifestyle and cosmetic reasons. This procedure is not designed to be used for people with severe metabolic diseases associated with excess weight. It is for people with less excess weight (between a BMI of 25 and 35) that struggle to achieve permanent weight loss.

S.L.I.M.M.S. Lifestyle stands for Surgically Limit Intake Make Me Sexy!

Almost everyone has struggled to maintain their best weight, everyone has lost weight through dieting only to regain it back, and almost everyone’s weight seems to increase over time. Over and over, I hear clients tell me they succeeded with Weight Watchers, Jenny Craig, Keto Diets, or any one of dozens of other diet programs, only to regain all the weight they lost and more! On top of this, news articles and medical experts constantly remind us of the hazards associated with Yo-Yo dieting. But the medical world only offers one mildly successful pill after another, and surgeons only offer plastic surgery in the form of tummy-tucks or liposuction, both of which fail in terms of long-term weight loss and can have major complications or large scars.

Dr. Quebbemann has always believed that those people who know traditional weight loss programs and liposuction won’t work for them deserve a better solution, and bariatric surgery is for treating diseases associated with morbid obesity. So, he invented The S.L.I.M.M.S.® Lifestyle Procedure, a Reversible Gastric Sleeve, for those people that don’t qualify for traditional bariatric surgery. (See Dr. Quebbemann’s new book, Permanent Surgical Weight Loss).

Plastic surgery is great for body contouring and for removing excess skin but does not result in permanent weight loss – patients will always gain the weight back elsewhere, sometimes in particularly ugly places. The new S.L.I.M.M.S. Lifestyle Procedure is specifically designed to work similar to the standard gastric sleeve, decreasing appetite and helping people eat less, but has the advantage of being reversible.

S.L.I.M.M.S.^® Lifestyle Procedure is a reversible, minimally invasive procedure, designed for lifestyle and cosmetic reasons, and is done as an outpatient. It is available exclusively at S.L.I.M.M.S. Inc.

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The S.L.I.M.M.S.® Metabolic Procedure combines the two best bariatric procedures in the world, the Gastric Sleeve and the Gastric Bypass, into one surgery. Invented by Dr. Quebbemann, the goal is to have a more successful metabolic procedure. The combination results in,

• A powerful full feeling with small meals (the bypass effect)
• A powerful decrease in the appetite hormone Ghrelin (the sleeve effect)

S.L.I.M.M.S. Metabolic stands for Surgically Limit Intake Manage Metabolic Syndrome. This procedure was specifically invented for individuals that want to dramatically improve their metabolism. An improved metabolism can result in:

Weight Loss
Lower Cholesterol
Lower Blood Pressure
Lower Triglycerides
Resolution of PCOS
Resolution of Diabetes
Increased Testosterone in Men
Better Hormone Balance in Women
Improved Immune System
Prevention of Weight Regain
Better Sleep
Improved Fertility
Higher Sex Drive
More Energy

Why Combine the Sleeve and the Bypass:

The Gastric Sleeve procedure results in a permanent decrease in the hunger hormone Ghrelin. However, over time, most people can eat a lot more because the stomach enlarges. Some people are able to maintain their weight loss, but a large percentage of people (some experts estimate over 50%) regain too much weight after a sleeve. Diabetes and other metabolic conditions can return as well.

The Gastric Bypass often results in a permanent feeling of fullness with smaller meals. However, over time the hunger hormone Ghrelin increases, and so does appetite. As a result, a significant percentage ofpeople regain more weight than they want over time.

Dr. Quebbemann wanted his patients to benefit from both a permanent decrease in Ghrelin, and a permanent feeling of fullness after small meals. He achieved this by combining the two procedures. The S.L.I.M.M.S. ® Metabolic Procedure offers The Power of Combined.

Safety of both procedures combined:

Some people ask if it is safe to have both procedures, the gastric bypass and the gastric sleeve. The answer is yes. Thousands of people in North America have undergone gastric sleeve and later converted to a gastric bypass when they regained weight, developed diabetes, or developed severe GERD. These patients have both a gastric sleeve and a gastric bypass, similar to the S.L.I.M.M.S.^® Metabolic Procedure. In addition, several surgery centers around the world have reported that there is no increase in complications when they remove the entire stomach during a bypass operation. The S.L.I.M.M.S.^® Metabolic Procedure does not involve removing the entire bypassed stomach.

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