As gastric band operations go, it was surprisingly straightforward and pleasant.
There was no pain, no risk of infection, no anaesthetic, no recovery period afterwards, and all at only a fraction of the £7,000 such surgery would usually cost. That's because the patient, company director Emma Eveleigh-Anderton, 36, never actually had a gastric band fitted, but was just hypnotised into thinking she had.
The mother-of-two paid £980 for four sessions over a one-month period, starting with a 45-minute 'virtual' surgery where therapist Russell Hemmings talked her through every step of the medical procedure as though she was actually in the operating theatre.
She said: 'It was as if I was having the operation, except I was in an office rather than a theatre. After the first session I felt hopeful. But after the second I really felt positive and much more controlled about my eating. It has actually re-educated my mind. I was starting to feel fuller quicker and was eating much less.'
Source - Daily Mail
