just saw a commercial for Dr Oz on Wed 2/8/12. It will be about weight loss hypnosis... Hypnotising you into thinking you have already had lapband!!! YA! RIGHT. Should be interesting. BUT DONT FALL FOR IT!

Are you serious? I can't tell if that's sarcasm or if they really do try to hypnotize you into thinking you've been banded

EDIT: I just went and watched the preview, and holy cow you ARE serious!!

Dr. Oz loses more and more credibility with me all the time. Unreal!!

Well, according to the quick commercial, it was about hypnotizing you into thinking you have had lapband and apparently you follow protocol. Hard to tell on those 30 second trailers. If so, it's nonsense and I trust Dr Oz will not endorse it otherwise I will not be a fan ever again...

I have heard of this hypnotic process before. While I don't think it would work long term there is a lot to be said for the placebo effect.

Yeah until you look in the mirror and see no scars, or worse go to your local Bariatric Center for a fill and get stabbed repeatedly in the gut by a needle because the surgeon is trying to find your non-existant port. *laughs*

OR look at your bank account and realise that it has not decreased due to a large surgery bill

OMG. Did you see the show today?? He had women on there that weighed in excess of 400 pounds and some of them didnt see that that was unhealthy and they didnt want to lose the weight. They claimed they were totally happy and comfortable at that size. In fact one of them was more than 600 pounds and was trying to gain weight to be the world record holder for fattest woman. They had some serious denial issues!! I couldnt believe it. He was trying to help them but they didnt want the help

Just as a footnote ... in the UK there has been a growing demand for the 'mind band' from hypnotherapy... mainly because very few in the UK have private insurance and the criteria for WLSurgery paid for on the National Health service is quite strict mostly BMI of 50 + especially lately with the economic crisis etc, also they tend to now offer only bypass, depending on where u live in the Uk.

Some people are open to suggestion through hypnotherapy .. like those who used it to quit smoking.. same thing really. If it works for some good luck to them .. it certainly wasnt for me tho

Lol there is even an advert for it on this forum ! i will see some different adverts than the US ones ...

Gastric mind band therapy World acclaimed hypnoband therapist Returns to the UK..

I am sure for some people that anything is possible..

You feed a person Garbage at every meal, and tell them that its good, eventually they believe its good,

and it is still Garbage.

Long Term success in this needs to be seen though.

Interesting...So did anyone watch it? I guess its the same as using Hypnosis to stop people from drinking and smoking and What happens when they can no longer afford to go to the sessions? which Im sure sessions of hypnosis probably add up to be more than the cost of LB surgery....Just a thought.

Dr Oz had the gentleman on his show as a guest, he is not telling anyone to do this.

Yes, and I noticed he never once endorsed or recommended it.

Doesn't having someone on the show a form of endorsement?

No, I don't think that having someone on his show means he endorses it. He is probably just trying to get the info out there for all to hear and form their opinions. He had a guest Dr. on his show not too long ago, regarding weight loss/excercise. I can't remember all the details of the show, but Dr. Oz was astonished at the things that Dr. believed. He even said the purpose of having the Dr. on his show is to ask him questions so that everyone watching could understand what that Dr. was saying. He didn't agree with that Dr. at all.

Quite interesting.

I did not see the show, but here is my two cents for what it's worth I am easily hypnotised and have been a few times. On a couple of these occasions it was for fun, and entertainment. The other time was for weight loss. I was desperate to lose weight and this was before lapband was well known. I do believe hypnosis works for some things, but it did not work for weight loss, and I would never trust it to get a "pain free" root canal

I love Dr. Oz! :wub: I feel he offers topics that are current and of interest and he introduces them on his show to educate his viewers to what is out there.

His segment on the HGC Diet was wonderful. He never said he approved of the Diet and was able to share information to the viewers so they understood the Diet better to make their own choices.