Who are famous people who have been banded?

The only one I know is Khalilah ALi (Muhammed Ali's daughter).

People say Oprah but I remember watching a segment of hers where she was doing sit ups in a workout bra and her belly was exposed. No scars to see (and believe me, I was searching!) Plus something tells me that she would tell.

Star jones....definetely gastric bypass. SHe lost so much sooooo fast.

Someone on another site said Sharon osbourne but I thought she got the bypass too?

Here's another name -- Nancy Wilson from Heart. She tells her story on spotlighthealth.com, the same sight where Carne Wilson has her story on gastric bypass.

I swear Anna Nicole Smith had to of .........and it wasn't all TRIMSPA BABY.......but you don't see any scars.

Yep, I reckon Anna Nicole Smith and I think Kirstey Alley too. You just dont get that fat, and be that out of control and suddenly switch it off like turning off a light and lost a tonne of weight so quickly. You just dont.

Why in the hell wouldnt you if you were in their position? Plenty of money, it works, its safe, why would you muck around?

yeah i reckon all the names mentioned have had ops and as for scars why couldn't they use concealors when they are showing flesh they could afford the best stuff

i know they did it some Greek politicians and journalists but they are famous only here :-)

Someone on another site said Sharon osbourne but I thought she got the bypass too?

She got the band indeed!

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Jachut wrote: "Yep, I reckon Anna Nicole Smith and I think Kirstey Alley too. You just dont get that fat, and be that out of control and suddenly switch it off like turning off a light and lost a tonne of weight so quickly. You just dont."

My husband's office manager had been overweight for years. More so than either of those two, and she has lost over 100 lbs in a little over a year just from following weight watchers. Before that, she believed and often said she could not change and was basically doomed to be fat. She's got another 75 + lbs to go but she's doing it alone! Whenever we get together, she refuses the food....I'm not one of those types that can do that for that long!!!

If she ever starts losing the battle after that much hard work, I'm going to tell her what I've done (the band).

She got the band indeed!

I thought Sharon had VGB?

Sharon Osbourne has said "I had a band put on my stomach," but she has also called it something different every time she mentions it (even "gastric bypass"), so it's very confusing. I've certainly NEVER heard her refer to it as a "lap band" or the fact that it's "adjustable." Someone posted on another message board that Sharon got a lap-band during the FDA trials w/a surgeon named Phillips at Cedars-Sinai. I get the impression she's been deliberately evasive about it. It could be that she doesn't want to endorse it, particularly since she seems to be struggling w/bulemia as well.

Well, hmmm...actually I just found a USA Today article that openly states that Sharon's colon cancer surgeon (Edward Phillips) was also her lap-band surgeon!

BTW it's Ann Wilson of the band Heart who got the lap-band and was featured on Spotlighthealth. She lost about 60 lbs and seems to have gained most of it back now. I believe she struggled w/reflux, because she refers to getting an unfill at some point in her Spotlighthealth jourmal.

I think Kirstey Alley too.

Kirstey Alley is the Jenny Craig spokesperson, she has lost all of her weight on the Jenny Craig program..havent you seen her commercials, and didnt you see her on Oprah praising Jenny Craig diet plan?

There's probably alot of famous people who can afford the makeup and scar creams we can't.

And of course Kirstie Alley and Anna Nicole and other celebs would never admit to being banded - they would lose all thier endorsement deal money!!!

There first was a band that was not adjustable or reversible, as a matter of fact, my distant distant cousin had it done. I think there were some adjustments surgically to the tummy as well. It two was lapro done, but more invasive.

There's probably alot of famous people who can afford the makeup and scar creams we can't.

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I guess I'm lucky then..my scars are so minimal..I can barely see them with NO make up or Scar cream. My Dr. must have a fabulous technique.

And of course Kirstie Alley and Anna Nicole and other celebs would never admit to being banded - they would lose all thier endorsement deal money!!!

Why endorse another product if they have the band, none of those celebs need the endorsement money just to be dishonest