My daughter is 16 years old and weights over 240 lbs and wants to have WLS surgery.

My daughter is 16 years old and wants to have WLS (LAP RNY). She have been very overweight all her life and is currently at 240 lbs. We live in Houston. 1) My insurance says patient has to be at least 18 or have documentation of completion of bone growth. How can I get that? 2) Do you know any good surgions in Houston that will operate WLS on mature minded 16 year old? She has studied this a while and is serious about having this procedure if we can manage it.

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