Why isn't my band getting looser with weight loss?

[lordkeepme 0]

Everything I have heard says that as you lose weight your band will get looser and you will need refills. I have a 1.5 fill in a 5cc band and even though I have lost 73 pounds since my last fill, I feel like it is tighter not looser! Is something wrong with my band? Did this happen to anyone else? I do have a lot of acid reflux.

[Cocoabean 430]

There are those who report bands getting tighter over time. It is not unheard of. If you are getting lots of reflux, you could have some swelling going on. It depends on your anatomy and how much fat is underneath the band.

Reflux can be a sign of a band that is too tight.

Congrats on the 73 lbs lost!

[cwm812 11]

My band kept getting looser as I lost weight, until I had lost about 160 lbs and then it started getting tighter. I really don't understand it either, but I've read about it happening to other people on this site. I'm not sure if it has to do with the amount of weight lost, how close you are to your goal or how long you've been banded, but it seems to be common.

Cindy

[123crod 170]

My band gets tighter all the time. Last fill last February, small unfill in September .2. Still feels tight sometimes.

Cheri

[AlienBandit 10]

I used to be almost filled with my first band and have nearly nothing for restriction. Even at 10cc in an 11cc band, I could still eat bread, pizza etc.

My second band things were different. I got good restriction at 6cc in a 10cc band but now that I am 10lbs from goal I am finding I need unfills.

I already went for an unfill 6 weeks after I got a fill because it was too much. I had 1cc taken out. Now I am at 5cc and still finding it to be too much. I am going to probably get another .5cc taken out.

I have no idea why these happens but I have read a lot of bandsters getting unfills once they are near goal. I'll ask my doc for his input on it.

p.s what band do you have that is 5cc? I have never heard of that size band.

[LapNYC 3]

I haven't had a fill in eight months and I've had no change in restriction over time outside of regular, small day-to-day fluctuation. It's not what I was picturing either! Not that I'm complaining, of course...

[lellow 1,713]

My band has been loose for about 12 months then BAM got gastroenteritis a couple of weeks ago and now the band is tight. In fact I pb'ed for the first time in about 6 months last night.

I'm not so tight I think I'll need an unfill but I have a lost about 4lbs and I really, really don't want to lose anymore, so I'm hoping whatever it was that made it tight will settle so I go back to the way things were.