Tailor Clinics formerly Weight Loss Surgery

Private Service, General Surgery, Bariatric (Weight Loss) Surgery

Today

Boulcott Specialist Centre, 666 High Street, Lower Hutt

Open today 8:00 AM to 4:00 PM.

Description

Weight Loss Surgery is now TAILOR CLINICS

If you or someone you know is struggling with severe obesity and suffering from related health conditions, WE can help!

We know how being overweight affects so many aspects of your life - health, home, job prospects, recreation - in a negative way.

But we can help you. Our weight loss process has been shown to be consistently more effective than diet and exercise alone, and can continue for the rest of your life.

Our program releases you from the tyranny of food, and allows you to choose the life you want to live.

Our aim is to see you grow as you shrink!

Our Team
Details about our bariatric surgeons can be found below under "Consultants". We also support our patients with dedicated Nurses, Nutritionists & Dietitians, Psychologists and Exercise Specialists. Click here to meet our team.

What is Bariatric Surgery?
Bariatric or weight loss surgery is a term that covers all the different surgical procedures used to help extremely overweight or morbidly obese patients lose weight.

Morbidly obese patients are usually identified by their Body Mass Index (BMI) measurement, although other factors may also be taken into account. Morbid obesity is associated with an increased risk of developing illnesses such as: heart attack, hypertension, stroke, diabetes, sleep disorders and joint pain. Bariatric surgery can cure or greatly improve these illnesses as well as give the patient an improved quality of life.

Bariatric or weight loss surgery refers to a number of different procedures that can be performed to treat obesity. Procedures fall into three main types:

Malabsorptive - these procedures involve bypassing a section of the small intestine thus reducing the amount of food absorbed into the body.

Restrictive - these procedures involve reducing the size of the stomach, usually by creating a small pouch at the top of the stomach which limits the amount of food that can be eaten.

Malabsorptive/Restrictive Combination - these procedures combine both techniques e.g. gastric bypass surgery in which a small stomach pouch is formed and its outlet connected to part of the small intestine.

Consultants

Note: Please note below that some people are not available at all locations.

Mr Wai Chang

General, Upper GI and Bariatric Surgeon

Available at 36 Grey Street, Hamilton East
Mr Atul Dhabuwala

General, Laparoscopic & Bariatric Surgeon

Available at Boulcott Specialist Centre, 666 High Street, Lower Hutt
Mr Rowan French

General, Laparoscopic & Bariatric Surgeon

Available at 36 Grey Street, Hamilton East
Dr Bernadette Goodwin

General, Laparoscopic & Bariatric Surgeon

Available at 36 Grey Street, Hamilton East

Referral Expectations

You need to be referred to us by your GP.

Read more about the surgery process here.

For medical professionals: click here for more information.

Hours

Boulcott Specialist Centre, 666 High Street, Lower Hutt

Open today 8:00 AM to 4:00 PM.

Mon – Tue	8:00 AM – 4:00 PM
Thu – Fri	8:00 AM – 4:00 PM

Procedures / Treatments

Laparoscopic Roux-En-Y Gastric Bypass (REYGB)

Read about laparoscopic Roux-En-Y gastric bypass surgery here

Laparoscopic Sleeve Gastrectomy

Read about laparoscopic sleeve gastrectomy surgery here

Laparoscopic One Anastomosis Gastric Bypass

Read about laparoscopic One Anastomosis bypass surgery here

Services Provided

Medical Weight Loss Program

We have a medical solution for those patients where surgery isn't a viable option or who want to avoid invasive procedures. Our nutritional, exercise and psychological program along with a prescription medication (Saxenda® or Contrave®) intervention, assists patients to lose weight without surgery and to help sustain weight loss long-term. We know losing weight and keeping it off can be hard, and it involves much more than eating less, moving more and having motivation. When you lose weight, it causes changes in the levels of hormones that affect your appetite. This can cause your body to work against you as it tries to gain back the weight you have lost, by making you feel more hungry and increasing your desire to eat. Both of the medications we offer to assist with weight loss work by altering either/both gut hormones and brain chemicals to take away brain and gut ‘noise’ and aid you to make better decisions in regards to food choice and behaviour. One of these, Saxenda®, is similar to a naturally occurring hormone called glucagon-like peptide-1 (GLP-1) that is released in your body after eating. Saxenda®, like the natural hormone, helps to control your appetite, making you feel fuller and less hungry. The other, Contrave®, works in combination with the hunger and reward system, helping with the neurochemical effects and subsequent regulation of appetite.

We know losing weight and keeping it off can be hard, and it involves much more than eating less, moving more and having motivation. When you lose weight, it causes changes in the levels of hormones that affect your appetite. This can cause your body to work against you as it tries to gain back the weight you have lost, by making you feel more hungry and increasing your desire to eat. Both of the medications we offer to assist with weight loss work by altering either/both gut hormones and brain chemicals to take away brain and gut ‘noise’ and aid you to make better decisions in regards to food choice and behaviour.

One of these, Saxenda®, is similar to a naturally occurring hormone called glucagon-like peptide-1 (GLP-1) that is released in your body after eating. Saxenda®, like the natural hormone, helps to control your appetite, making you feel fuller and less hungry.

The other, Contrave®, works in combination with the hunger and reward system, helping with the neurochemical effects and subsequent regulation of appetite.