Many of the health professionals and experts recommend not to wear corsets. These experts debate that corsets can cause several damages to the body. But is it so? Do corsets really cause damage to your body, and should you really leave out wearing them?

Well, corsets can actually cause you harm, but only if you do not follow the guidelines that the corset experts offer.

Wearing a corset is not as easy as wearing any other random clothing. You will need to know several things and factors to wear the corset in the right way to offer you result without hurting you.

Here are some ways you can avoid some of the common mistakes while wearing a corset to avoid some of the common health hazards.

Size is the Key:

If someone says that you have to suffer pain in a corset if you really wish to lose fat on your waist, this is a complete mistake. Women earlier used to wear the corsets throughout the day. Also, today, many women wear these corsets for several hours. Now, if wearing corsets would have been painful, these women would not have been able to carry out wearing them for such a long time.

Of course, initially, you may take some time to break through the corset, but later on, it should become comfortable. One of the major reasons for not being comfortable in your corset is that you are not wearing the right size. If you are wearing a size that is too small than what you deserve, it is going to start offering you pain. Also, exerting excess pressure on your waist can lead to damages to your internal organs. So, you should get the right size corset. Experts say a corset that is 4 inches lesser than your natural waist size is the best option.

Not Wearing the Right Way:

What is the right way of wearing the corset? Here are some of the steps that you can follow.

• Always ask someone else to lace up your corsets at the back.
• While someone is lacing your corset, you should grab the corset from the underneath as lacing often leads the corset to rise upwards.
• If you find it a bit difficult on your chest after the lacing is done, you should grab the corset from the bottom and release the air from the diaphragm.

Often not wearing the corset in the right way can exert extra pressure on the diaphragm that can create trouble in breathing. Hence, you should make sure that the corset is there below the lungs. Often when you are lacing the corsets on your own, this mistake occurs, and you end up having trouble breathing when you are already out somewhere wearing the corset. Another important point is to wear the corset in the right way so that you do not land up to such a problem of exerting extra pressure on your lungs.

Tightening the Corset in the First Go:

Many people tighten the lace of the corset very tightly since the first time itself. This is another mistake that many of the amateur or first-timers too. Suppose you tighten the corset the first time itself. In that case, it will start exerting extra pressure on your body, and you will feel very uncomfortable after some time. Some so many women quit wearing corsets due to such an experience.

So, what is the ideal way to tighten the corset?

• Start tightening the lace from upwards and bottom at the same time and meet up at the middle. This will distribute the pressure overall the area.
• Tighten the lace only as much as you can be comfortable in it.
• The ideal way is to tighten a bit more after a few hours throughout the day in place of tightening it hard at the starting itself.

Healthy Diet:

Corsets will exert pressure on your stomach too. This often makes people eat less and thus resulting in losing weight. For many, corsets make a great option of losing weight, too, this way. But in the run, these people forget that they should eat healthily when they are eating less. Junk food is going to not do good; rather, it will harm your intestine. Hence, when you are on corsetry, you should eat something healthy whenever you are eating.

Corsets have been in the debate even due to its dangers on the human body. But even medicines have side effects if you consume it in the wrong way. Similarly, suppose you do not follow the guidelines offered by the corset experts. In that case, you might have to face the health consequences. But that does not make it harmful for your body. Choose the right corset and wear it in the right way to safely train your waist.