Further, some doctors appear to promote The Corset Diet. According to the Huffington Post, Beverly Hills plastic surgeon Dr. Alexander Sinclair has used this approach in more than 100 patients. He even discussed the concept on Good Morning America.
Sinclair’s patients wear the garment between two and four hours daily. The time spent wearing the garment is then increased by 30 minutes on a weekly basis until the patient reaches 10 to 12 hours of wearing time. The garment is not worn during workouts or while sleeping.
“Some of my patients wants smaller waists, which can only be done with rib removal,” Sinclair told HuffPost. This procedure requires hospitalization and surgical risks. “I do a lot of body contouring and shaping, and [corsets are] a non-invasive, non-surgical way of modifying your body shape.”
But not all companies create these types of custom-made corsets designed with health in mind. In fact, timeless research has shown a dramatic problem with ill-fitting corsets in general. In fact, The Science of Eating reports that x-rays dating back to the 20th century show the disturbing effects of this trend.
Early images demonstrating this concept can be seen in a medical paper published in 1908 by French author Dr. Ludovic O’Followell, who used x-rays to compare images of corset-wearing women with women who didn’t wear corsets.
Modern doctors have observed the same concerning factors that O’Fallowell observed so many years ago. That observation is an actual shift in organs, which doesn’t come without consequences.
“It just crams all of your organs together. So over a long period of time, wearing it too much and too frequently, it can cause damage, too,” Atlanta-based physician and health and wellness expert Dr. Tasneem Bhatia, tells USA Today.