Why Your Shapewear Could Be Really Bad For Your Health- Experts

Shapewear might seem like a
necessity when it comes to slipping into
slinky dresses that show everything and
forgive nothing, but experts are saying
compression clothes might actually be
pretty bad for your health. Not that we
shouldn’t have seen this one coming– a
smaller waist in three seconds was bound
to come with a catch.

Although women like Katy Perry , Kim
Kardashian, and Heidi Klum basically
worship at the altar of Spanx during red
carpet season, health experts warn you
might want to abstain from the stretchy
stuff. In fact, doctors are seeing women
who use shapewear come in with
temporary nerve damage and a condition
called meralgia paresthetica which causes
painful burning and tingling in the thighs.
Ask your grandmother about it–she might
remember this painful side-effect from an
era when women were expected to wear
restrictive girdles.

If that wasn’t enough to scare you off
shapewear for life, the pressure these
pieces put on the abdomen literally
squeezes your internal organs. This can
lead to some nasty tummy problems, Jay
Kuemmerle, a gastroenterologist at Virginia
Commonwealth University in Richmond
told the L.A. Times : “For someone who has
reflux disease or is prone to reflux,
wearing tight garments may exacerbate
those symptoms.” He also says it
can worsen the discomforts of irritable
bowel syndrome and urinary
incontinence, and warned women away
from trying Jessica Alba’s “ corset diet ” for
weight loss.

Right now doctors don’t completely agree
about whether shapewear is dangerous;
some medical professionals think Spanx
should come with a health warning, while
others just suggest you simply
shouldn’t wear it too often–or too tight.

The bottom line here is that you might
want to reconsider regularly pulling on
rigid shapewear to smooth out your lumps
and bumps–because the illusion of
smoother stomach probably isn’t worth
squished organs, nerve damage, and
symptoms women haven’t experienced
since the days of girdles and corsets.

Love me my shapewear anytime anyday, even though I wear them like once in a blue moon...Lol. What's your take on shapewears?