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How soon for erosion?

If you were to have erosion of the band, How long or soon does it take to happen? 1st 3 months? 6 months? 1 year? or many years?

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    It could be any of those. Early erosion is often due to surgical error. Later erosion is probably more likely to be caused by having the band too tight.

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    Elcee is definitely correct. . the band acts differently in all our bodies. . . I know a close friend of mine had the lapband, she had great success with it. . but within 6 months it had slipped and was causing her a lot of problems, and also erosion was occurring. She ended up having to have the whole system removed. We had the same surgeon so I am a firm believer it's just how our body accepts the band, as some of us seem to just reject it.

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    i got erosion 4 months after surgery. It was super small and we're not sure how it happened. I know others who got it more then a year after surgery. Everyone is different just remember to follow your doctors orders very closely

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