The FDA has approved the Realize Band and I am wondering what the difference is between this and the LAP Band?

I was at my dr.s office yesterday and I saw the Realize band and the usual band. I was told that I can choose either one, or let the dr. decide when he opens me up. My Dr. is Dr. Trace Curry, and he was the first dr. to place the Realize band in Ohio.

The regular band is actually circular and has those little chambers that fill with saline and it stays in a perfect round shape.

The Realize band isn't perfectly round. There are no little chambers that keep it round. There is just one chamber that goes around the entire band, and that chamber is very soft. The band is more pliable and takes a more oval shape.

As for weight loss, there is no difference. You still loose the same amount of weight, the band is still in the same place.

THE REAL DIFFERENCE.. the port! It has a much lower profile-LOTS SMALLER - and it doesn't have to be sutured into place. There are clips that attach it to the muscle wall. There is little chance of the port getting filpped.