MEDICAL ADVICE FROM

DR. ANN BEAUMONT
AND
DR. HELEN STERN

Dr. Beaumont is a corset-aware medical doctor who, on this page, will answer letters of inquiry regarding the medical effects of corsetry.

Bear in mind that you should not totally rely on these answers, as a visit to a doctor in person for more series maladies is recommended (Second opinions are always wise!). But Dr. Beaumont's answer CAN be an important indication of direction.

Read the good doctor's wonderful article, Corseting the Human Body.

If you wish to address a question to the good doctor CLICK HERE.

NOTE: Answers from Dr. Stern (our previous advisor, 1997-98) are marked.

ABDOMINAL MUSCLE SUPPORT [NEW from Dr. Ann Beaumont]

ACID REFLUX (GERD, or Gastro Esophageal Reflux Disease) [NEW from Dr. Ann Beaumont]

ADIPOSE TISSUE, EXCESS AND TIGHTLACING [from Dr. Helen Stern] ^s) (10/6/1998)

ALERTNESS [from Dr. Helen Stern] ^c) (3/7/1997)

APNEA (SNORING) [NEW from Dr. Ann Beaumont]

APPETITE [NEW from Dr. Ann Beaumont]

ASTHMA [from Dr. Helen Stern] ^h) (3/7/1997)

ATHLETICS AND TIGHTLACING (See "Exercises" and "Body Building", too) [NEW from Dr. Ann Beaumont]

BACK PAIN WHILST CORSETTING [NEW from Dr. Ann Beaumont]

BACK PROBLEMS [from Dr. Ann Beaumont] ²⁾ (12/28/1999)

BELLY, PROTRUDING [from Dr. Helen Stern] ^m) (11/26/1997)

BLOOD CIRCULATION [from Dr. Helen Stern] ^m) (11/26/1997)

BLOOD CIRCULATION [from Dr. Helen Stern] ^b) (2/20/1997)

BLOOD PRESSURE [NEW from Dr. Ann Beaumont]

BODY BUILDING (See "Exercises" and "Athletics and Tightlacing", too) [NEW from Dr. Ann Beaumont]

BOWEL MOVEMENTS [from Dr. Ann Beaumont] ¹⁾ (12/28/1999)

BRASSIERE VERSUS CORSET [NEW from Dr. Ann Beaumont]

BURPING [NEW from Dr. Ann Beaumont]

CHILDBIRTH, POST [from Dr. Helen Stern] ^f) (3/16/1997)

COUGHING [from Dr. Ann Beaumont] ^u) (2/4/2000)

CUSTOM FITTING, IMPORTANCE IN TIGHTLACING [NEW from Dr. Ann Beaumont]

DANCERS, MUSCLE TONE PRESERVATION [NEW from Dr. Ann Beaumont]

DEPENDENCE, PSYCHOLOGICAL AND PHYSICAL [NEW from Dr. Ann Beaumont]

DIABETES [from Dr. Helen Stern] ^p) (9/10/1998)

DIASTASIS RECTI CONDITION [NEW from Dr. Ann Beaumont]

DIET [NEW from Dr. Ann Beaumont]

EFFECTS, NEGATIVE (OF CORSET WEARING) [from Dr. Helen Stern] ⁱ⁾ (3/22/1997)

EFFECTS, PHYSICAL [from Dr. Helen Stern] ^a) (2/19/1997)

EFFECTS OF CORSET WEARING, SCIENTIFIC [NEW from Dr. Ann Beaumont]

ELONGATION OF BODY [from Dr. Helen Stern] ^e) (3/7/1997)

ENDORPHINS (PSYCHOLOGICAL "ADDICTION") [NEW from Dr. Ann Beaumont]

EUPHORIA [from Dr. Helen Stern] ^c) (3/7/1997)

EXAGGERATION [from Dr. Helen Stern] ^e) (3/7/1997)

EXERCISES (See "Body Building" and "Athletics and Tightlacing", too) [NEW from Dr. Ann Beaumont]

EXERCISING, IMMEDIATE EFFECTS OF [from Dr. Helen Stern] ^r) (10/3/1998)

FAINTING [from Dr. Helen Stern] ^j) (10/16/1997)

FAT TISSUE, EXCESS AND TIGHTLACING [from Dr. Helen Stern] ^s) (10/6/1998)

FIBROMYALGIA [from Dr. Helen Stern] ^h) (3/7/1997)

GAS [NEW from Dr. Ann Beaumont]

GASTRALBYPASS SURGERY (wearing a corset after) [NEW from Dr. Ann Beaumont]

GENDER, EFFECTS ON CORSETTING SUCCESS [from Dr. Helen Stern] ^b) (2/20/1997)

GENDER REASSIGNMENT SURGERY [NEW from Dr. Ann Beaumont]

GERD, or Gastro Esophageal Reflux Disease (acid reflux) [NEW from Dr. Ann Beaumont]

GIRDLES, MALES WEARING [NEW from Dr. Ann Beaumont]

HEADACHE, AFTER REMOVING CORSET [NEW from Dr. Ann Beaumont]

HEART SURGERY, EFFECTS ON [NEW from Dr. Ann Beaumont]

HEMORRHOIDS [NEW from Dr. Ann Beaumont]

HERNIAS 1 2  [NEW from Dr. Ann Beaumont]

HIGH HEELS [NEW from Dr. Ann Beaumont]

HOURGLASS VERSUS WASP WAIST [from Dr. Helen Stern] ^d) (3/11/1997)

HYPERTENSION [NEW from Dr. Ann Beaumont]

HYPERTENSION [from Dr. Helen Stern] ^m) (11/26/1997)

HYPOTHYROIDISM [NEW from Dr. Ann Beaumont]

HYSTERECTOMY AND CORSETTING [NEW from Dr. Ann Beaumont]

INDIGESTION [NEW from Dr. Ann Beaumont]

IRRITABLE BOWEL SYNDROME [NEW from Dr. Ann Beaumont]

ITCHING [from Dr. Helen Stern] ^o) (8/29/1998)

LIVER ISSUES (HEMNGIOMA) [NEW from Dr. Ann Beaumont]

MALES, CONSIDERATIONS [from Dr. Helen Stern] ^b) (2/20/1997)

MALES, CONSIDERATIONS (#2) [NEW from Dr. Ann Beaumont]

MATERNITY CORSETS, MODERN [NEW from Dr. Ann Beaumont]

MEN, CONSIDERATIONS [from Dr. Helen Stern] ^b) (2/20/1997)

METABOLISM [from Dr. Helen Stern] ^j) (10/16/1997)

MUSCLE, ATROPHY [from Dr. Ann Beaumont] ^w) (4/16/2000)

MUSCLE PAIN, UPPER TORSO [NEW from Dr. Ann Beaumont]

MUSCLE TONE PRESERVATION  FOR DANCERS [NEW from Dr. Ann Beaumont]

MUSCLE WEAKNESS (WHEELCHAIR BOUND) [NEW from Dr. Ann Beaumont]

OFF-THE-RACK (OFF-THE-PEG) CORSETS FOR TIGHTLACING [NEW from Dr. Ann Beaumont]

NECK CORSET [from Dr. Helen Stern] ^j) (10/16/1997)

ORGAN, MOVEMENT [from Dr. Helen Stern] ⁱ⁾ (3/22/1997)

ORGAN, MOVEMENT [from Dr. Ann Beaumont] ^t) (1/30/2000)

ORGAN, SHAPE CHANGE [from Dr. Helen Stern] ^e) (3/7/1997)

ORTHOPEDIC DEVICES, REPLACING WITH AESTHETIC CORSET [from Dr. Helen Stern] ^q) (10/2/1998)

OVERTIGHTENING [from Dr. Helen Stern] ^j) (10/16/1997)

PAIN, SIDE [NEW from Dr. Ann Beaumont]

PECTUS EXCAVATUM/CARINATUM [NEW from Dr. Ann Beaumont]

PHYSICAL ATTRIBUTES, AS AN ELEMENT IN SMALLEST WAIST SIZE ATTAINABLE [from Dr. Helen Stern] ^b) (2/20/1997)

PIPESTEM WAIST [from Dr. Helen Stern] ^e) (3/7/1997)

PREGNANCY AND ORGAN REPOSITIONING DUE TO CORSETTING [from Dr. Ann Beaumont] ^t) (1/30/2000)

PREGNANCY, MODERN MATERNITY CORSETS [NEW from Dr. Ann Beaumont]

PREGNANCY, POST [from Dr. Helen Stern] ^f) (3/16/1997)

PREGNANCY, POST PARTUM RETURN TO TIGHTLACING [NEW from Dr. Ann Beaumont]

PROLAPSED UTERUS, RISK OF [NEW from Dr. Ann Beaumont]

PROTRUDING XIPHOID PROCESS [NEW from Dr. Ann Beaumont]

REPRODUCTIVE ORGANS (FEMALE), EFFECTS OF CORSETTING ON (3 questions) [NEW from Dr. Ann Beaumont]

RIBCAGE EXPANSION FROM CORSETTING [NEW from Dr. Ann Beaumont]

RIBCAGE - STERNUM DISCOMFORT [NEW from Dr. Ann Beaumont]

RIBCAGE TRAINING [NEW from Dr. Ann Beaumont]

RIBS, FLARED AND CORSETTING (RIB PROTRUSION) [NEW from Dr. Ann Beaumont]

ROLLER COASTERS AND CORSETTING [NEW from Dr. Ann Beaumont]

SCOLIOSIS 2 [from Dr. Ann Beaumont] ^v) (4/16/2000)

SCOLIOSIS 1 [from Dr. Helen Stern] ⁿ⁾ (2/17/1998)

SIDE PAIN [NEW from Dr. Ann Beaumont]

SINGING [NEW from Dr. Ann Beaumont]

SKELETAL EFFECTS [from Dr. Helen Stern] ^g) (3/2/1997)

SKELETAL TRANSFORMATION [from Dr. Helen Stern] ^d) (3/11/1997)

SMOKING [NEW from Dr. Ann Beaumont]

SNEEZING [from Dr. Helen Stern] ^l) (11/21/1997)

SNORING (APNEA) [NEW from Dr. Ann Beaumont]

SPINE, HERNIATED AND COMPACTED DISCS (PRESENT CONDITION) [NEW from Dr. Ann Beaumont]

STERNUM DISCOMFORT [NEW from Dr. Ann Beaumont]

SURGERY, ABDOMINAL (POST), AND WEARING A CORSET [NEW from Dr. Ann Beaumont]

TOXINS, BODY WASTE [from Dr. Helen Stern] ^j) (10/16/1997)

TRANSSEXUALS [NEW from Dr. Ann Beaumont]

TRANSSEXUALS - POST-OPERATIVE VAGINAL CONSIDERATIONS [NEW from Dr. Ann Beaumont]

TUMMY TUCKS AND CORSETTING [NEW from Dr. Ann Beaumont]

TYPES, WASP WAIST VERSUS HOURGLASS [from Dr. Helen Stern] ^d) (3/11/1997)

UTERINE SUPPORTS [NEW from Dr. Ann Beaumont]

UTERUS, RISK OF PROLAPSED [NEW from Dr. Ann Beaumont]

VARICOSE VEINS [NEW from Dr. Ann Beaumont]

WAIST, ELONGATION [from Dr. Helen Stern] ^e) (3/7/1997)

WAIST TRAINING [from Dr. Helen Stern] ⁱ⁾ (3/22/1997)

WAIST TRAINING [from Dr. Ann Beaumont] ^t) (1/30/2000)

WASP WAIST VERSUS HOURGLASS [from Dr. Helen Stern] ^d) (3/11/1997)

WATER, DRINKING [from Dr. Helen Stern] ^j) (10/16/1997)

WATER RETENTION [NEW from Dr. Ann Beaumont]

WEIGHT, EXCESS AND TIGHTLACING [from Dr. Helen Stern] ^s) (10/6/1998)

XIPHOID PROCESS, PROTRUDING [NEW from Dr. Ann Beaumont]

DISCLAIMER: Liability for any medical advice given by Dr. Beaumont is yours and yours alone. Any condition that is brought about or exacerbated by corset wearing is entirely the responsibility of the wearer, and the medical advice of your physician should be sought if in doubt. LISA does not recommend tightlacing for anyone with circulatory, heart, respiratory problems or hypertension, nor during pregnancy.

Go to L.I.S.A.'s Medical Advice Page

^h1) Asthma
^c1) Aufmerksamkeit, Wachheit
^g) Auswirkungen auf das Skelett
^b3) Betrachtungen für männliche Korsettträger
^b4) Betrachtungen für männliche Korsettträger
^h2) Bindegewebsentzündung?
^m3) Bluthochdruck
^p) Diabetes
^b1) Durchblutung
^m2) Durchblutung
^c2) Euphorie
^s2) Fettgewebe (übermäßiges Engschnüren)
^b2) Geschlechtsspezifische Aspekte
^s3) Gewicht (übermäßiges Engschnüren)
^j5) Giftstoffe im Körper, Siechtum
^j3) Halskorsett
^m1) Hervorstehender Bauch
^u) Husten
^o) Juckreiz
^s1) Körperfett (übermäßiges Engschnüren)
^b5) Körpermerkmale als Indiz für minimales Taillenmaß
^e1) Körperverlängerung
^r) Korsetttragen nach dem Sport
^t1) Korsetttraining und Kinderwunsch
^w) Muskelschwund
^f1) Nach einer Geburt
^f2) Nach einer Schwangerschaft
ⁱ¹⁾ Negative Auswirkungen des Korsetttragens
^l) Niesen
^e4) Ofenrohrtaille
^j1) Ohnmacht
^e3) Organ, Gestalt formen
ⁱ²⁾ Organverschiebung
^t2) Organverschiebung
^q) Orthopädische Korsetts
^a) Physische Auswirkungen des Korsetttragens
²⁾ Rückenprobleme
ⁿ⁾ Scoliosis
^v) Scoliosis
^j2) Stoffwechsel
^d1) Stundenglas gegen Wespentaille (Rippenverformung)
ⁱ³⁾ S-Form Korsett
ⁱ⁴⁾ Taillentraining (S-Form Korsett)
^t3) Taillentraining (Schnürstufen)
^e5) Taillenverlängerung (Ofenrohrtaille)
^d3) Typen: Wespentaille gegen Stundenglas
^e2) Übertreibung
^d2) Veränderungen am Skelett
¹⁾ Verstopfung / Stuhlgang
^j6) Wasser trinken
^d4) Wespentaille gegen Stundenglas
^j4) Zu enges Schnüren

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