Am I too young for WLS.

I have researched WLS to no end and my mother has also had WLS. I have dieted all my life and I also have a strong genetic line of obesity in my family. I know considering my situation WLS would be perfect for me, but I am concerend about long term affects of this surgery. I can't find much research on how WLS affects a person 20, 30, 40 years down the road (I know it's cause the surgery hasn't been around long enough to have 40 year post ops.) So my question is: Should I do this surgery at the age of 21 concidering there is no real proof it won't hurt me when I'm consiterably older?

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