1 · No cutting, no staples
You swallow one small magnet. While you're asleep, Dr Loy places a second one close by, and the two click together. Nothing is cut away or stapled.
MagDI in Ireland
Lasting weight loss that's less invasive than a gastric bypass.
MagDI uses two small magnets to make a shortcut inside your gut. In Ireland, it's only at Auralia.
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Find out if MagDI is right for you
Whether MagDI suits your health and your goals.
What you could expect, and what recovery is like.
Your personal price.
With Dr Loy, Ireland's only MagDI surgeon, if you'd like. Online or in person.
Your free assessment
A member of our team calls you back, usually within one working day, to answer your questions. If you'd like, we then arrange your free assessment, online or in person. No obligation.
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- We call you, usually within one working day
- We answer your questions
- If you'd like, we arrange your free assessment.
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“…I felt it was the first time in my life I was genuinely being listened to and not just blamed or judged for being overweight.”
How MagDI works
2 · Nothing is left inside you
Over two to three weeks, the magnets gently open a small shortcut for your food. Then they leave your body naturally. Most people don't notice.
3 · You're satisfied with less
Food that takes the shortcut reaches the part of your gut that says "I'm full" sooner. So you eat less, absorb fewer calories, and the weight stays off.
Why MagDI is different
Diets
Your body fights back with hunger, and the weight creeps back.
Weight loss medication
Works while you take it. Stop, and the hunger returns, and the side effects and monthly cost add up.
A gastric bypass
Proven and lasting. It uses staples, and recovery takes about two weeks.
MagDI
Done once. Patients lose about 34 to 39% of their total body weight in the first year. For someone weighing 18 stone, that's about 6 to 7 stone.
Worried about something? Most people are.
- “Is it safe?”
MagDI is authorised by the US FDA and Health Canada, and CE marked in Europe. Dr Loy, who does it here, has done almost 3,000 weight loss procedures.
- “What if it's not right for me later?”
It's reversible. The new path can be closed again if it's ever needed.
- “I have type 2 diabetes and high blood pressure.”
That's often why people come to us. Both often ease as the weight comes off.
- “I'll be judged.”
Not here. You'll be listened to, not lectured.
- “Am I suitable?”
That's what your free assessment is for. Tell us if you have an MRI scan planned, because MagDI isn't done if you need one in the weeks after.
Who you'd be trusting
The first MagDI procedures in Ireland and the UK were done here in September 2026, by Dr Loy, with Prof Michel Gagner, who developed it, at his side.
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Two questions we're often asked
What does MagDI cost?
Your personal price comes with your free assessment. It's one price that includes everything, with no hidden fees, and you can pay monthly.
Is MagDI a gastric bypass?
It works in a similar way, because food takes a shorter route through your gut. The difference is that the join is made by magnets, and no small stomach pouch is made.
You've nothing to lose by asking.
Get the answers, then decide in your own time.
- Leave your details (about 30 seconds)
- Talk to our team
- You choose what happens next