Woman undergoes hypnotic surgery

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In an unusual take on weight loss techniques a British woman has successfully lost 55 pounds after being hypnotized in to believing that she had been fitted with a gastric band and can eat only as much as if she really had undergone the surgery.

"A British woman lost 55 pounds after she was hypnotized to believe that she had weight-loss surgery. Marion Cornes, 35, said she believed surgeons had placed a gastric band on her stomach shrinking it to the size of a golf ball after paying $1,580 for five sessions with a hypnotherapist."

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That's actually quite interesting. A psychological placebo

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Certainly a much better alternative to the real surgery so long as the hypnotist knows exactly what he/she is doing so as to avoid any side-effects. Unfortunately hypnotism doesn't work on everybody, though.