This half-term The Real Mary King's Close in Edinburgh is offering special lantern-led tours.
26.01.2023 - 17:37 / dailyrecord.co.uk
After the indulgences of the festive period, many people turn to fad diets. Unfortunately though, the vast majority of these are not successful, with 90 per cent of people giving up within weeks.
For those who’ve tried every diet under the sun with no real progress, there are clinically proven weight-loss procedures that will help kick-start real weight loss.
Weight-loss surgeries available include gastric balloons, bands, sleeves and bypass. But a ground-breaking new non-surgical Allurion gastric balloon and weight loss programme is delivering results for Cosmedicare’s clients in Scotland, with an average weight loss of 2-3st.
The Allurion balloon helps you lose weight by limiting the amount you can eat.
This is the first and only swallowable gastric balloon pill that needs no surgery, an aesthetic or endoscopy.
It is a small procedure undertaken under the guidance of one of Cosmedicare’s consultant bariatric surgeons within a six-month programme.
Priced from £3495, it encompasses a holistic approach with nutrition and fitness elements.
Proven to help you lose three times more weight than diet and exercise alone, 95% of patients are maintaining their weight loss one year after starting the programme.
Cameron Donaldson, a 29-year-old business development manager with Allurion struggled for years with his weight. Despite trying everything to lose the pounds, he hit an all-time high of over 19 stone.
He signed up for his employer’s procedure at St Ellen’s private hospital in Livingston and in less than two months he has lost 37lbs – over 2st!
Cameron says: “Never in a million years did I expect to lose so much weight in such a short period of time without surgery and I’m still losing two to three pounds a week. I look better, feel
This half-term The Real Mary King's Close in Edinburgh is offering special lantern-led tours.
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