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I'm 18 years old, and wanted to try waist training with those wait clinchers/belts that seem it be in now...is it effective and safe?
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Not recognized: Devices to modify the waistline such as clinchers and corsets or not recognized therapeutic devices, and their safety and efficacy are not adequately studied to be able to render an educated answer. Any device which compresses the rib cage and internal organs has the potential to be damaging and are unlikely to produce long term changes in your shape.
Answered 8/25/2015
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Victorian women: wore these things to be "stylish". They suffered from all kinds of problems like prolapsed internal organs (vagina falling out), tuberculosis (aggravated by inability to breathe deeply) and "Aesthenia" (they got so tired they couldn't get out of bed) There's no "training" involved, these things just smash your body. Certainly you can find a safer fashion trend to follow! We hope so, anyway...
Answered 8/26/2015
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