I had the gastric bypass surgery followed by plastic surgery to remove the excess skin (went from 425 to 200 and now, sniff, back up to 260 thanks to family stress). Anyway, I can't bellyroll at all. No matter what I try, the muscles don't want to work in my stomach (and if I'm not careful, I get a charlie horse in my side, right above my hip). Now, bear in mind, I had the full gastric bypass and, because of my size at the time, they could not do the surgery laproscopically, so I have a 6-7 inch incision straight down the middle of my stomach.

But as far as it poking out or popping as you roll your stomach, I don't think it would do that. If you have a good doctor, I would ask. Don't let that be the only determining factor in whether or not you have surgery. There are a lot more important things to consider. But it can't hurt to ask.

My sister had lap band surgery....The port is under you skin far enough athat the way they find it to do the fills is via sonogram...You can' t see the port at all...I think as far as your belly rolls you may just have to relearn them afterwards because of where the port is located...Hope this helps!

Good luck!

I have lapband and the device itself hasn't impacted my dancing at all.