So I emailed NWWLS in Everett to see if they took patients for fills that have been banded in Mexico and this was the response I got:

Dear Bri,

Thank you for contacting Northwest Weight Loss Surgery.

I understand the frustration in finding aftercare when choosing to have

LAGB surgery outside of the country.

Our Surgeons have a business policy not to accept patients that have

chosen to have LAGB surgery outside of the United States:

* The liability issues- There are foreign surgeons that

advertise the Lap Band, but insert a cheaper band during the surgery.

Most patients don't discover this until they try to get the band

adjusted and learn that they have a cheaper band inside that has a lower

success rate and a higher complication rate.

Does anyone know if this is just competitive mudslinging or if there's truth in this?

Please reply soon if you've heard anything b/c I'm freaking out.

Okay, one more point. If there are foreign surgeons doing crappy work, why don't they out them..don't they have a code of ethics that requires them to do so? And what about the Dr.'s that do good work...why don't they recognize them?