Are Fasteners Staying Permanently in My Body?
The fasteners stay permanently in the body, but they are too small to be noticed and do not disrupt any bodily functions. The fasteners are very small and are made of the same material that surgeons have used for decades to sew tissue inside the body. Once in place, the body acclimates to the fasteners and often grows tissue around them.
A simple way to describe how the fasteners are applied is to imagine how a plastic price tag attaches to a piece of clothing. The fasteners are like that, but a much smaller version. The fastener rides along a very small needle that glides through two layers of tissue – stomach and esophagus. The fastener opens forming an “H” shape on either side of the two layers. The center of the “H” holds the tissue together while the body knits the two layers together. The knitting process is known as serosal fusion. The body needs about 6-8 weeks to complete this process. To help the body heal, we instruct you to eat foods with graduating texture, from clear liquids, full liquids, soft foods, up to normal texture foods.