Hey hun send all your questions to [email protected]  They have proformed sugery on teens before but let me sugest looking into lapband instead of ryn.  since you are young and growing the band is adjustable.

HELLO EVERYONE!! WELL YES I'M NEW TO THE SITE, BUT VERY HAPPY I FOUND IT BECAUSE I FEEL LIKE I FOUND SOMEWHERE WHERE I CAN JUST BE MYSELF AND SPEAK OF HOW I FEEL ABOUT MY WEIGHT. WELL I'VE BEEN OVER WEIGHT MOST OF MY LIFE. I AM CURRENTLY 16 BUT WILL TURN 17 IN A WEEK ;-D...WELL AS I WAS RESEARCHIN JUST RANDOM THINGS I RAN INTO THIS SITE, AND IT REALLY INTEREST ME. I NEVER REALLY THOUGHT SO MUCH ABOUT SURGERY TO JUST A BIT OF TIME BACK. I'VE TRIED NUMEROUS DIETS BUT NONE OF THEM REALLY SEEM TO WORK, WELL THEY WORK FOR A LITTLE WHILE BUT I ALWAYS SEEM TO GAIN THE WEIGHT BACK! I DONT HAVE ANY MAJOR HEALTH PROBLEMS YET THANK GOD, BUT I KNOW I AM AT HIGH RISK OF GETTIN HEALTH PROBLEMS, IM NOT REALLY SURE HOW TO GET STARTED ON EVEN STARTING A PROCESS OF SURGERY BUT IF ANYONE CAN HELP WITH A LITTLE INFO OR ADVISE I WOULD REALLY APPRICIATE IT!!!

I am not judging anyone who has allowed their children to undergo WLS, but it seems shocking to me.I have a thirteen year old daughter who is obese, and I had GBS almost five years ago.I don't know if I could allow her to do something like this.I honestly, want to exhaust every other option for her.WLS is so severe and seems scary to have a child who isn't even done going through physical and hormonal growth to have such a serious procedure.Maybe I don't know enough about the advancements made as of late.I really have to encourage anyone in their teens to do everything possible to lose weight before they consider surgery.I know firsthand how it feels to spend these years of your life being heavy, it can be really awful.But, really, really try to do it the old fashioned way first, for your safety.

Well, I'm Tiffany I'm 18 years old. I'm thinking about getting the RNY. My mom just recently had the surgery about a month ago, and she's doing great with it and everything. I'm not really sure what i should do, I have POS and a little depressed lately about my wieght as i see my mom lose rapidly. What should I do? Any comments or suggest. Let me know.

I dont know any in South Carolina. I live in North Carolina, but when I was 16 I was trying to get my gastric bypass, but no one would do it until I was 18. There is a surgeon in Richmond,Va that will. I was going to go their but then my insurance would not pay for it. So, I am 18 now and I just got my gastric bypass November 20th. Good luck!