Medical Weight Loss

Have you lost weight only to regain it or diligently followed a diet without reaching your target weight? If you’re frustrated with the challenges of weight loss, you owe it to yourself to connect with Victor Mendoza, MD, Umut Tufan, MD, and the team at Fountain of Youth Medical Spa. They can help you reach your goals with a medical weight loss program customized to overcome the physical, emotional, and behavioral issues sabotaging your best efforts. Schedule an in-person or telehealth weight loss consultation by calling the office in Birmingham, Alabama, or requesting one online today. 

What is medical weight loss?

Medical weight loss helps you reach your weight loss goals with the support of healthcare professionals.

The experienced Fountain of Youth Medical Spa team increases your long-term success with customized plans, sustainable goals, and holistic care targeting physical, emotional, and behavioral obstacles.

How does medical weight loss protect my health?

Extra weight stresses your joints, increasing the risk of knee and hip arthritis. The extra fat also causes body-wide inflammation and contributes to hormonal imbalances.

Excess body weight contributes to:

• High blood pressure
• High cholesterol
• Type 2 diabetes
• Heart disease
• Fatty liver disease
• Obstructive sleep apnea

Many people aren't aware that overweight and obesity raise their risk for 13 types of cancer, including colon cancer. 

How does medical weight loss promote my success?

Few things boost weight loss success like having a team that offers encouragement and reliable information. More importantly, your Fountain of Youth Medical Spa team can pave the way to success by managing physical issues that prevent weight loss.

When you start losing weight, hunger hormones increase. As a result, you feel hungry even after eating, and your body starts storing fat instead of burning it. Other hormone imbalances, like an under-active thyroid, can inhibit weight loss.

You may have a nutritional deficiency that slows your metabolism. Some people have an existing health condition requiring a special diet to stay healthy while losing weight.

The first step of your medical weight loss program at Fountain of Youth Medical Spa is a physical exam to identify and treat these and other health concerns.

What medical weight loss services might I receive?

Fountain of Youth Medical Spa personalizes your weight loss plan, drawing from many approaches to support each person’s unique needs.

Their weight loss services include (but aren’t limited to):

• Nutritional counseling
• Meal planning
• Exercise routines
• Metabolic analysis
• Micronutrient treatment
• Prescription weight loss medications
• Bioidentical hormone replacement therapy
• Appetite suppressants
• hCG diet
• B complex and lipotropic injections
• OPTAVIA® (weight loss meals and products)
• Zerona® laser body sculpting
• Emotional and behavioral support

Weight loss is often unintentionally sabotaged by emotional triggers and behavioral habits, which are difficult (if not impossible) to recognize and change without help from a healthcare professional.

The team has helped many patients by combining traditional weight loss management with the body-slimming Zerona laser. Patients often boost their results and achieve rapid, safe weight loss by combining laser body sculpting with the hCG diet.

Schedule an in-person or telehealth weight loss consultation by calling Fountain of Youth Medical Spa or requesting one online today.