I appreciate that Angela and am very pleased for you. (You are the picture of health to be honest). Procedures with properly qualifed Drs should and usually are trustworthy.

I was referring to people using passive means to squeeze their rib cage.

Sorry for the confusion.

No problem Spacial.I was only confused on what you meant.

Quote from: Angela on August 28, 2010, 04:27:17 AM
I had my lower rib cage cracked and pushed in a few years ago, for a more slender look.Im a little suprised no one else has had this done.I dont think ive seen any person mention it in this thread.

What what are your measurements.

Quote from: CindyJames on August 28, 2010, 04:38:14 AM
Never heard of this.  How was it done?
BTW I have seen a GG female reduce her waist to 16" under medical supervision (her partner).


She looked awful. In my opinion a fetish look.


Cindy

I think it depends ,Dita Von Teese has a 16 inch waist and looks great.

Quote from: tori319 on August 28, 2010, 05:19:40 PM
What what are your measurements.

My measurements are 20 " waist / 28" hips.

Quote from: Angela on August 28, 2010, 05:42:41 PM
My measurements are 20 " waist / 28" hips.

Wow your tiny.My hips are 38" and my waist is 30" I want to get my waist down to 27 or 26 though.

I do wish to know more about your procedure Angie, please

This was done by a thoracic surgeon in 2001 .It was done in London.His name was Dr. Harold  D" Amico. Not sure if he is still active , as he was in his late 50s then.I dont remember many details, but do remember that after the ribs are cracked, they are then fused together, and its only after that they are pushed in.Hope that helps.

Which of the 12 set of ribs were broken and compressed though? lower ones? upper? all?

What's the underbust measurement?

Any full body picture to see the results? (with cloths of course)

P.S. Corsets effects on the body reverse in matter of hours once taken off.

I don't know about Angela's procedure (I hope she can explain it better), but rib removal should never be done. First, the lower ribs are not useless. They protect the
lower part of your lungs. If they are gone, one little hit in the one wrong spot and you are good for a trip to the hospital. Also, those ribs retain their "roots",
and will regrow over time. If they do not pose a problem doing so (I am no doctor, but I can easily see a stick of bone growing from the spine pressuring organs),
they will at least fully come back, and everything will have to be done again.

All in all, it's not a good idea to remove ribs.

Quote from: A on June 25, 2011, 10:14:23 AM
I don't know about Angela's procedure (I hope she can explain it better), but rib removal should never be done. First, the lower ribs are not useless. They protect the
lower part of your lungs. If they are gone, one little hit in the one wrong spot and you are good for a trip to the hospital. Also, those ribs retain their "roots",
and will regrow over time. If they do not pose a problem doing so (I am no doctor, but I can easily see a stick of bone growing from the spine pressuring organs),
they will at least fully come back, and everything will have to be done again.

All in all, it's not a good idea to remove ribs.

"A" is right, no honest physician would perform such a surgery. The safest procedure is to do a lipo in conjunction with a waist tightening. Both oblique  abdominal muscles are  shortened, skin i also remove, incision is usually done along the surface of the spinal column so as to minimize scar visibility. Typically 4-6 inches reduction can be anticipated. Sometimes this procedure is referred as "body contouring" Dr. O at SF used to perform this type of surgery, but I believe it has become more common..
Kate D

Muscles can be surgically altered, really? Can they lose thickness that way? *Probably useless hope*

Quote from: A on June 25, 2011, 10:47:31 AM
Muscles can be surgically altered, really? Can they lose thickness that way? *Probably useless hope*

Yes to both questions, muscle can be shave, tightened and even relaxed. Of course all of this depends on the muscle, age and desired amounts of correction. Devil is always in the detail.

I do not know where this "urban legend" that muscles cannot be stitched come from, but it is wrong! Think about, take a piece of beef, cut it, can you stitch it up? Yes with patience and diligence, that is why surgery take so long

Kate D

Well, one would think that like ligaments, a muscle is hard to repair once damaged. I thought all parts of it were necessary for it to function without problems.

Quote from: A on June 25, 2011, 11:18:38 AM
Well, one would think that like ligaments, a muscle is hard to repair once damaged. I thought all parts of it were necessary for it to function without problems.

Cannot speak to the specific procedures being discussed in this thread, but yes, ligaments and muscles can be painful and hard to repair, but they CAN be repaired.  The real problem is that many non-athletes are not ever going to be willing to remain inactive for the necessary healing time and will actually wind up with a weaker muscle than they had before...which for this sort of a procedure would really defeat the entire purpose. 

And I qualify that in the manner I did because I know how difficult it was to stay on the scheduled injury rehab and not rush it when a career depended on it...it is also one of the reasons I elected NOT to have knee surgery when I quit playing competitive softball. 

Ahh can I carefully say that some of the comments on this thread are quite old. And the people making were found to be frauds, so don't waste  your time following the post.

Cindy

Ann is right! Ecven cartilage can be sutured the problem is the poor vasuclarization, and hence necrosis. muscles aare easy and as any ER physcian will tell you, they get stich all  the tiem. Now, when a musle is detached from its insertion or or origin, then now we have a problem huston.

Kate D

Think this thread is getting locked... no harm in debating biology, but the procedures being discussed here have too great a danger for long-term consequences or even death.