Waist Cincher Myths: The Truth Behind Before & After Waist Training Corset Results

Doing our usual Instagram hashtag search, we couldn't believe how many photos came up for #waisttrainer. The trend has caught on full force, but is it really worth the hype?

We admit it's hard not to fall into the wave of beauty hysteria. With Kim and Khloe Kardashian, along with actress Jessica Alba among the celebrities who swear by corsets and waist cinchers as the secret to their
snatched waistlines, no wonder so many women are buying them. But are we placing too much emphasis on corset training? Many experts say yes. Now if you've already invested in a corset or waist trainer, don't toss it, but by the same token don't worship it as the secret to a tinier waist either.

Francine Delgado, New York City-based certified personal trainer agrees. She explained the reality to the Daily Burn. "Since waist cinchers are made from latex, they also make you sweat -- a lot."
"When you sweat, you're shedding water weight, and that's not fat," the fitness pro revealed. "People may lose weight initially, but you would have to wear the thing forever in order to keep the weight off and to keep the shape," she said. So there's nothing wrong with rocking your corset or cincher, but don't believe the social media myth that it will truly slim you down permanently!

"People get the idea that cinchers work for waist training because they look at themselves in the mirror and they have a smaller waist, when all they've done is sweat out water weight," said Dr. Jan Schroeder, Ph.D.
and Professor of Fitness in the Department of
Kinesiology at California State University - Long Beach. "Corsets do not cause you to permanently lose fat in the midsection; they cause a redistribution of the fat and organs in the trunk," to give you an hourglass shape,"
Schroeder explained.[ fashion times]