Weight Loss Jab or Surgery? 6 Myths a Surgeon Hears Every Week (Video)
Weight loss jab or surgery? In this 47-second video Op. Dr. Volkan Arayıcı answers six myths he hears every week.
What the video covers
Weight-loss jab or surgery – I am asked this every week, often by patients whose Mounjaro is not working any more or whose weight came back after stopping Ozempic. In this video I answer six common myths. Since GLP-1 jabs arrived, the operation itself has not changed – the order of treatment has.
The six myths – and the facts
- Since weight-loss jabs exist, surgery isn't done anymore.Surgery is still done – only the order of treatment has changed.
- To lose weight, I have to have surgery first.First come methods without surgery; one of them is the weight-loss jab.
- The jab is better than surgery for everyone.From a BMI of 40 I recommend surgery; below 40, the jab first.
- You must stop the jab weeks before surgery.Not necessary – the last dose about one week before the operation.
- Regained weight after a gastric sleeve? Then a second operation.Even after a gastric sleeve, try the jab first.
- Lost weight with the jab – it stays off.If you do not learn to eat and live healthily, the weight returns after stopping.
BMI 40 or 35? If you have never used a jab, below a BMI of 40 you start with the jab. Bariatric surgery after GLP-1 comes into question when the weight has come back despite the jab and your BMI is 35 or above – or 30 or above with type 2 diabetes or sleep apnoea.
Free assessment – send your height, weight and age; Op. Dr. Volkan Arayıcı replies personally.
Read more
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- Gastric sleeve Turkey reviews – what other patients say
- Bariatric surgery after GLP-1 – when the jab stops working
Your questions to Op. Dr. Volkan Arayıcı
Send me your height, weight and age – I will tell you personally which operation is suitable and what it costs. A gastric sleeve costs from £3,000 as a fixed price, including pre-operative tests, four nights in hospital until discharge – no hotel – transfers, an interpreter and twelve months of aftercare; the flight is not included.
Whether an operation is right for you is decided individually. Results are not guaranteed.
Free assessment – send your height, weight and age; Op. Dr. Volkan Arayıcı replies personally.
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Op. Dr. Volkan Arayıcı
Specialist in Bariatric & Metabolic Surgery · Izmir, Turkey
This article was written and medically reviewed by Op. Dr. Volkan Arayıcı. Dr. Arayıcı has been exclusively specialising in bariatric surgery since 2014 and has performed over 5,000 procedures at a JCI- and TEMOS-accredited hospital in Izmir.
✍ Published: November 3, 2026 · 🔄 Updated: November 7, 2026 · About the author →
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