Alana 'Honey Boo Boo' Thompson undergoing $13K weight-loss procedure

Mama June: Road to Redemption star Alana ‘Honey Boo Boo’ Thompson will reportedly undergo $13K non-surgical endoscopic sleeve gastroplasty to lose weight shortly after her 17th birthday next month.

The Georgia-born 16-year-old’s manager Gina Rodriguez told on Wednesday that she’s enlisting Dr. Steven Batash to help her go from 275lbs to 150lbs at his Endoscopic Weight Loss Center in Rego Park, NY.

Suture Sculpt is done endoscopically (through the mouth) and judi slot a sleeve is created by folding the stomach with sutures, so there are no cuts or scars and it can reduce stomach size by 60%.

Makeover alert! Mama June: Road to Redemption star Alana ‘Honey Boo Boo’ Thompson will reportedly undergo $13K non-surgical endoscopic sleeve gastroplasty to lose weight shortly after her 17th birthday next month (pictured July 11)

Recovery for patients takes one to three days and they experience a sense of being full after eating smaller portions of food, so they lose 20% of their total body weight within 12 months on average.

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Alana is worried her weight is genetic and she hasn’t been satisfied with the results of just dieting or increasing exercise.

Since Thompson is underage her half-sister Lauryn ‘Pumpkin’ Efird – who’s her legal guardian – has to sign off on the procedure specifically for people with a BMI of 30 or greater.

The Georgia-born 16-year-old’s manager Gina Rodriguez told TMZ on Wednesday that she’s enlisting Dr. Steven Batash to help her go from 275lbs to 150lbs at his Endoscopic Weight Loss Center in Rego Park, NY (pictured in 2018)

‘21% total body weight loss within two years’: Suture Sculpt is done endoscopically (through the mouth) and a sleeve is created by folding the stomach with sutures, so there are no cuts or scars and it can reduce stomach size by 60%

Legal guardian: Since Alana is underage her half-sister Lauryn ‘Pumpkin’ Efird (L) has to sign off on the procedure specifically for people with a BMI of 30 or greater

Team: And Thompson isn’t doing it alone as her 20-year-old boyfriend since April 2021 – Dralin Carswell (R, pictured April 16) – will be undergoing the same FDA-approved procedure

And the sassy Southern teen isn’t doing it alone as her 20-year-old boyfriend since April 2021 – Dralin Carswell – will be undergoing the same FDA-approved procedure.

Suture Sculpt should not be confused with bariatric (aka gastric bypass) surgery, which Alana’s mother ‘Mama’ June Shannon famously underwent in 2016.

The 42-year-old grandmother-of-three shed 300lbs following her $75K surgical makeover – including a tummy tuck, breast augmentation, liposuction, a neck lift, arm lifts, and porcelain veneers.

After successfully shrinking from a size 18 to size 4, June went on to gain 60lbs during the coronavirus pandemic after getting sober.

Shed 300lbs! Suture Sculpt should not be confused with bariatric (aka gastric bypass) surgery, which the sassy Southern teen’s mother ‘Mama’ June Shannon famously underwent in 2016

Not just gastric: The 42-year-old grandmother-of-three (L) shed 300lbs following her $75K surgical makeover – including a tummy tuck, breast augmentation, liposuction, a neck lift, arm lifts, and porcelain veneers

Most people gain weight back: After successfully shrinking from a size 18 to size 4, June (2-R) went on to gain 60lbs during the coronavirus pandemic after getting sober

Fans can catch more of Thompson and her unconventional family in the fifth season of Mama June: Road to Redemption, which concludes this Friday on WE tv.

And Atlanta fans can take pictures with and receive autographs from most of the Honey Boo Boo clan on August 14 from 1-3pm at their meet and greet event featuring merchandise and live music.

Alana first found fame as a pageant princess on Toddlers and Tiaras and her spin-off Here Comes Honey Boo Boo, which TLC canceled in 2014 after four seasons due to convicted child molester Mark McDaniel.

Ready for more? Fans can catch more of Alana and her unconventional family in the fifth season of Mama June: Road to Redemption, which concludes this Friday on WE tv

$25 tickets! And Atlanta fans can take pictures with and receive autographs from most of the Honey Boo Boo clan on August 14 from 1-3pm at their meet and greet event featuring merchandise and live music

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