Doctors Vs Patients In The Corset Drama

It is making a comeback, thanks to Kim Kardashian flaunting her curves with the selfie pose. The corset waist trainer was worn in the early 19th century to keep the waist trim and look desirable to men. But now doctors are saying that young teenagers as young as 16 are wearing the corset underneath their school uniform, they tagged it "suffering for style"

Doctors say: Corsets were blamed for anaemia, blood clots, fainting fits, infertility, miscarriage and digestive problems. Wearers even had their own disease, chlorosis — or the green disease, named after the deathly pallor they got from lack of blood in their faces.

X-rays from the turn of the 20th century show distorted ribs and compressed lungs, while examination of skeletons of women from the period have found that those whose rib cages were tightly squeezed were the most likely to have died young, often during childbirth.

Daily Mail reports that young ladies are looking up to the celebrities and declaring that the want a trim waist and a larger behind. Even personal trainers have their client demand for a trim waist.

Only time will tell if the corset / waist trainer has it hazards on a woman body in the future, the best being, men have joined in the trend of strapping up to the waist trainer, but for now, ladies just wanna look chic.

To those who wear the waist trainer, what are the benefits of wearing one - Let's hear it.