The lap band weight loss system allows you to shed weight naturally. The lap band is wrapped around the stomach, giving you a feeling of fullness and thereby reducing your food intake. Till date, it is the only adjustable and completely reversible surgical option available for weight loss. Not only the mortality rate but also the risk of developing nutritional deficiencies, hair loss and ‘dumping syndrome’ is relatively low as compared to patients of gastric bypass. Beside this, lap band weight loss also ensures speedy recovery as well as a hospital stay of merely 24 hours or even less, depending on how fast you recuperate.