Applying Botulinum toxin (botox) to the stomach is a relatively new method of weight loss based on endoscopically injecting Botulinum toxin into certain areas of the stomach. Weight loss is achieved through stomach botox with delaying gastric emptying time by limiting of stomach muscles contraction resulting in loss of appetite.
Stomach botox is a procedure performed under deep sleep. It takes a total of 15-20 minutes to perform the procedure. Stomach botox is not an obesity surgery. It is an endoscopical procedure (that is done by entering via mouth).
Therefore, there is no incision and an overnight hospitalization is not required. Your surgeons will keep you under observation for 1-2 hours after the procedure before you are discharged.
Decrease in appetite is usually achieved within approximately three days after stomach botox procedure.