vegascatwoman

hi there, i live in vegas, was banded in Mexico and got no followup care and no real restriction. i'm going to dr. ricciardi on sept. 10th, can you tell me anything about him i need to know? i got banded in 2005 and lost about 30lbs but gained it all back because of no care locally and no money to return to mexico. all the local drs turned down mexican-banded patients. please if you can tell me anything i would really appreciate it. THANKS.

I also lost about half of all the hair on my head within a few months after banding and lost about 35 lbs which have all come back due to a lack of good fill followups (my doctor is in Mexico and I wasn't able to get back for fills) but am going to a local doctor here in Las Vegas next month to get back on the weight loss journey. My hair has thinned all over my head and although it was fine before, it is very fine and very thin now. It seems like the strands are thinner, not just fewer hairs over all, but thinner and finer strands. I had over $2000 in endocrine workup done to see if there was another reason but all we could figure out between me and 2 doctors was it's how my body reacted to the placement of a foreign body (the band) inside of me. I had hoped it would grow back but it hasn't, and I am just hoping by losing some weight now it will stay in my head (what's left of it at least). AAAAAARRRRGH!!