Rather, they may do more harm than good. What is a waist trainer? Waist trainers are compression garments that many celebrities claim can aid in weight loss and slimming waists. Waist trainers are ...

Any ‘slimming' effect is due to compression, not actual fat loss. Once the garment comes off, your natural body shape remains the same," says Dr. Dasgupta. What can waist trainers do?

Swedish model Pixee Fox got six of her ribs removed—the highest number documented—to achieve an hourglass figure like some of ...