Tongue Patch

[jaxx]

I just read about this in a magazine at work. It's a weight loss tool in which a mesh patch with prickles on it is sewn onto the surface of your tongue which causes pain whenever you eat anything solid. You're given protein milkshakes to drink instead. The lady in the article said she had it in for a month and the idea is that it helps with weight loss and getting you out of bad eating habits by putting you off eating.

I've never heard of this before and after reading the article I think I'd rather have the bypass then that! lol

It's in Pick Me Up 18th February 2010 edition, page 57

 

[ditzeeblonde]

Sounds bizarre!! Think I'd rather lose some of my stomach rather than have something sewn to my tongue!

 

[tiarasandtantrums]

What about kissing?????

 

[Lady_in_London]

I personally think weight reduction medications are usually ineffective. For instance the ones that get rid of excess fat that is eaten are so nasty with regards to leakage and staining, (sorry if too much info), that it encourages people to follow a low-fat diet, in which case the tablets aren't necessary. Or they give up due to side-effects if they can't follow a low-fat diet. The appetite supressant ones have side-effects too.

I personally think that if a tablet could be manufactured that makes a person ill, such as similar to the effects of dumping that bypass patients occasionally suffer, then that tablet would certainly be effective. If some sort of medication could be taken that provides nasty effects such as vomiting or such-like when too much calories, fat, sugar or whatever is eaten, it would do the trick with a lot of people.

However, of course, that will never happen, although surely it can't be that impossible to manufacture. The trouble is, if everyone becomes slim through such a tablet, where would the diet industry be then? Just a thought!

 

[phatmomma]

What about kissing?????

What about EVERYTHING? Personally i'd rather sit on a cactus than have someone sew something onto my tongue? And to be perfectly honest i'd probably blend food so i could drink it if i got that hungry grrrr what a stupid idea!

Err did she lose weight?

 

[jaxx]

Yes she did, she lost 1 stone in 2 weeks.

I just found the surgeon she mentioned in the article. He's in America but here's a link

Weight Loss Tongue Patch Surgery - Dr. Chugay

 

[Dawn36]

Methinks this sounds like a 21st century version of a medieval instument of torture!

 

[jaxx]

Like I said above, I'd rather have the bypass than go through that! lol

 

[Big an Bouncy]

So no oral then!!!And dont melted Mars bars count?