ALLURION BALLOON DETAILS
The swallowable gastric balloon occupies a large area in your stomach and acts as a built in portion control, helping you to feel satisfied after eating small volumes of food. It stays in place for approx. 16 weeks (4 months) until a time-activated release valve in the device opens and the balloon deflates and passes naturally.
No removal procedure is required. The Allurion Balloon helps patients to lose an average 10-15% of their body weight in approximately 4 months
The BALDO & MASON Allurion Weight Loss Balloon gives patients multi-disciplinary support from experts during the weight-loss journey – expert Surgeon/Doctor, Nutritionist, behavioural therapy support, psychological support and patient co-ordinator.
HOW THE BALLOON WORKS
The balloon helps to reduce hunger and cravings.
The balloon helps to reduce hunger and cravings.
It breaks the habit of snacking throughout the day and encourage smaller portions at mealtimes. Losing weight is not easy. Not only do you need the right tools and support on your side, very often diet and exercise alone are just not enough to achieve significant weight loss results.
Because of the physical placement of the balloon and the support you get from our surgeon, nurse and dietician – on average patients lose nearly 2.5 times more weight loss than a lifestyle change program alone.
Clinical studies have shown 95% of weight-loss after the Allurion Balloon has been inserted is sustained at 12 months.
Consultation
During your consultation with our Doctor, you’ll get the opportunity to discuss the placement in detail and talk about your weight loss goals. The Doctor will take your medical history to determine whether the weight loss balloon is right for you and what outcome you can expect.
Insertion
The Allurion Balloon is placed during a brief 20-minute visit, the capsule will be swallowed and inflated. Following physician approval, most people return to normal activities immediately following placement.
Post-Insertion
After placement of your balloon, you will be able to go home straight away with a smart scale and health tracker that connects to us so we can track your progress, so that we can provide real-time advice and support, helping you stay on track. The balloon will create a feeling of fullness, allowing you to eat less without the hunger that accompanies most diets. The food you do eat stays in your stomach longer, reinforcing the feeling of fullness and enabling you to skip snacks between meals.
Aftercare
You will now embark on your 6 month nutritional journey where we will educate you on how to make permanent sustainable changes to manage your weight. This includes how to balance blood sugar levels using blood glucose monitors, how to become in tune with your hunger signals and how to differentiate between hunger and cravings. We will also look at meal plans, tracking of weight, movement and sleep, how the gut plays a role with your weight and other tools to effectively change habits.
PROGRAMME
6 MONTH
– 1 initial consultation with your Doctor.
– Placement of Balloon
– 1 initial consultation with your Nutritionist.
– 7 follow ups with your nutritionist over the course of 6months.
Including – goal setting, habit change, weight, sleep, movement tracking, blood glucose monitors, psychological support, menu plans throughout.
PROGRAMME
12 MONTH
– 1 initial consultation with your Doctor.
– Placement of Balloon.
– 1 initial consultation with your Nutritionist.
– 10 follow ups with your nutritionist over the course of 6 months.
Including – goal setting, habit change, weight, sleep, movement tracking, blood glucose monitors, psychological support, menu plans throughout.
Why choose
BALDO & MASON for your Allurion Journey?
We strongly believe in personalisation and, in education around food and nutrition to enable our clients to hack their own health. We use technology like blood glucose monitors to enable bespoke nutrition and investigate what truly works for you. We are also very aware that with weight it is not just nutrition – it is also psychological and, part of our work is understanding your personal triggers, struggles and habits to unravel these and create new positive habits. Our packages are incredibly comprehensive offerings that have the intention of promoting health and creating sustainable weight management.
