The Allurion gastric balloon program is a medical innovation and starts with swallowing the capsule. The swallowable gastric balloon is an aid to weight loss. So no endoscopy, surgery or anesthesia.
The gastric balloon is placed in the stomach and takes up about a third of the volume of your stomach. The balloon makes you feel satiated, so you eat less often and smaller portions.
The balloon not only suppresses the feeling of hunger (you are literally a little “full”) – the balloon also causes the communication between your stomach and brain to change. A complicated process, but it also makes you less likely to have hunger pangs over time. In good Dutch: have “cravings” less often.
After 4 months, the gastric balloon leaves your body through the natural way. During the process, you lose about 10 – 15% of your body weight; in practice, about 10 to 15 pounds.