11-07-2012, 05:08 PM
There is a lot being said about waist cinching. From research I see that it is not possible to permanently reduce the waist in the short term. If you have no bony barriers and your waist is just muscle and fat them it is possible to sculpt the area through diet and exercise and the thermogenic action of certain weight cinchers that rely on heat to burn the area, and therefore tone it.
If you are trying to permanently alter the bone then a corset or a cincher won't do that. If you want to do it seriously then you would have to wear a heavy duty waist training corset for over 14 hours a day. Most serious waist trainers who have had permanent results wear theirs for 20 plus hours a day and have done so for years.
It's a big commitment! As ribs are so flexible they just spring right back the minute the corset comes off. More drastic measures include rib removal which I doubt any surgeon would perform unless you have scoliosis or some thoracic outlet issues. The only MD I have heard of is a guy called Aaron Stone who does rib removals with tummy tucks. Perhaps gender reassignment surgeons would know better as this is a real issue for some male to female reassignments.
If you are trying to permanently alter the bone then a corset or a cincher won't do that. If you want to do it seriously then you would have to wear a heavy duty waist training corset for over 14 hours a day. Most serious waist trainers who have had permanent results wear theirs for 20 plus hours a day and have done so for years.
It's a big commitment! As ribs are so flexible they just spring right back the minute the corset comes off. More drastic measures include rib removal which I doubt any surgeon would perform unless you have scoliosis or some thoracic outlet issues. The only MD I have heard of is a guy called Aaron Stone who does rib removals with tummy tucks. Perhaps gender reassignment surgeons would know better as this is a real issue for some male to female reassignments.