Where can I get the band for my 17 yr old daughter

[lisa_hawaii 1]

i live in Hawaii and no one will do her band or sleeve until she is 18. she wanted it now not next year and i support that being she has a bmi of over 60

[Micaela1988 2]

Mexico is the only place you can go. No where in the US will do someone under 18.

[Cocoabean 430]

Here are some studies you can show your doctor. Do a web search for "adolescent LAP-BAND®"

The FDA found it safe for adolescents:

Lap-Band® Surgery

LAP-BAND® Surgery Shows Promise for Severely Overweight Teens - Dr. Paul O'Brien Research Study

Study Shows that Lap-Band® Weight-Loss Surgery Can Reverse Metabolic Syndrome in Obese Teens - Morgan Stanley Children's Hospital of NewYork Presbyterian

This is about a trial for teens, from 2006:

http://www.cumc.columbia.edu/dept/cs/news/si/2006_obesity_teens.html

Webside for adolescent obesity surgery:

Adolescent Bariatric Surgery - Morgan Stanley Children's Hospital of NewYork Presbyterian

[MrsLadyHawk 5]

Mexico is the only place you can go. No where in the US will do someone under 18.

Not true. I'm fifteen and Dr. Ferrera in Forth Worth approved me right away. I'm getting my surgery done sometime in June, and there are plenty of other doctors in Texas that would do it.

I know that it's pretty much the same flight, and would cost just about the same, but atleast it's american done.

And don't get freaked out at the mention of Mexico. Alot of the doctors located in the border towns are trained and taught here in the US and go to Mexico strictly for the purpose of doing these surgery's for people that either can't get approved, don't have insurance, and that are under 18.