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Adipose tissue, also called body fat, is an important component to our body’s health and wellbeing. While another name for it is body fat, adipose tissue is made up of more than fat. You can find many blood vessels and nerve cells running all along your adipose tissue.

Where is adipose tissue?

Your body has adipose tissue all over, and it helps you by storing and then releasing fuel to your entire body. It also releases hormones to your body at just the right times when you need them the most.

Men and women store their body fat in different areas of their bodies. Men tend to store body fat around their middle, while women have it more in their thighs and buttocks. How they can properly remove any excess body fat will differ because of this.

Is too much adipose tissue bad?

If you have too much adipose tissue or even too little, it can be harmful to your health. If you have too much it can lead to obesity, which comes with its own set of problems and challenges. If you don’t have enough, then your vital organs won’t have enough fat cells surrounding them for proper protection.

Reducing your adipose tissue

It seems impossible–weight-loss surgery that leaves no scar…at least no scar that can be seen.

Existing laparoscopic surgical techniques have come close. Great advances in minimally invasive bariatric surgery have led to techniques for LAP-BAND and REALIZE gastric band surgery that are conducted through just 5 or 6 small incisions.

Most people are probably aware by now that obesity constitutes an epidemic health problem in the US and around the world—particularly the 11 million Americans who are considered “morbidly obese,” meaning they weigh from 80 to 100 pounds more than average.

If you or someone you know has been investigating the various options available these days for weight-loss surgery, you probably know that the two most common and popular procedures being used these days are the LAP-BAND and the Roux-en-Y gastric bypass surgeries.

Advances in weight-loss surgery techniques hold out increased hope for the many thousands of people who struggle every day with the health consequences of being overweight. Particularly encouraging is the trend toward the development of safer incisionless procedures.

Surgeon's New Website Offers Information on Weight Loss Options

Through a new information-rich website, prominent Dallas-based bariatric surgeon Dr. David Kim is contributing his personal expertise and resources to help severely overweight people learn more about the Realize and LAP-BAND adjustable gastric band procedures, and numerous other surgical options available to help them lose weight and regain health.

Weight-loss surgery techniques have made great progress since the early days, when as many as 50 percent of patients experienced complications and frequently needed repeat or “revisional” surgery after the initial procedure. But even with the strides that have been made in surgical methods, it’s still true that not all bariatric surgery leads to immediate or long-term success.

A Washington DC-area bariatric practice offers innovative educational and advanced technological options for gastric bypass patients

The decision to undergo weight-loss surgery is a complex one, involving many personal health and lifestyle considerations that need to be taken into account, as well as a growing array of surgical options to choose from.

Treatment options are multiplying for people who are severely overweight. Of course, there are always new miracle diets popping up, but for many people diet and exercise programs simply aren’t working to help them lose weight, regain the ability to move and function normally, and alleviate the health complications that obesity can cause. For people in this group, weight-loss surgery has gained a lot of acceptance as a potentially life-saving healthcare option.