Thinking about having surgery and looking at the Dallas area. Insurance not an option, so have to pay out of pocket. Any suggestion on Surgeons and lower cost options would be VERY appreciated. Thanks

Best wishes in your research. I have zero personal experience with any of these surgeons, but have a few friends that have used them.

Dr. Nick Nicholson

Dr. Wade Barker

Dr. David Kim

There are members here that have used all of the above surgeons as well. You might want to do a search for those surgeons in the search box, and see if you can find some of their posts. I did research Dr. Nick and Dr. Barker pretty intensely when I was looking at self-pay for my revision vs. Dr. Aceves in Mexico only because my husband would freak out with me going to Mexico.

Hawk,

I'm using Dr. Barker in Dallas. He seems very capable, if a bit on the brusque side! When it's all said and done, though, I'd rather have a great surgeon with a so-so personality than the other way around! His office is VERY busy. While I have never had to spend the hours waiting that some have, my surgery had to be scheduled 5 weeks out---12/29! I do have insurance that will cover WLS so not up on his pricing, but I would definitely check him out.

i had lapband revision surgery with dr jaysaleen in dallas 6 weeks ago. he is very nice and his staff is amazing. although i am now wanting the sleeve (long story) i would reccommend dr jay for sure. his price for a sleeve is roughly $11,000. have you considered Mexico? i just got off the phone with sandy from dr kellys office and i am going to book my surgery as soon as i have the deposit. his fee for a sleeve is $5300 and he is talked about very highly on this site.

good luck to you!

I first began looking in Texas as well ( i'm in Houston) and searched as far away as El Paso. I didn't find that would not require at least a 13,000 dollar loan that's including incidentals ( flight, hotel etc.) I am currently scheduled for surgery in Mexico (December 8th) and my total cost is 5500 (including flight and hotel) the surgery by itself is 4500. I initially planned to get it done in the summer but If I would have waited till then it would have cost an additional 3,000 dollars plus about 1000 in incidentals. So just throwing that out there....