Corsets may make you look good but are they good for you?

Corsets were the height of fashion in the late-19th and early-20th century. Used as a device to help create a desirable hour glass shape by squeezing in the waist and making the bust and hips appear larger, the garment was often worn so tightly that it cut off oxygen and often made the wearer faint.

These fashion torture devices were replaced by free-flowing flapper dresses in the 1920s and should have been banished forever in my opinion. But in recently years, the garment has made a comeback (often as outerwear) and as this piece points out, they're just as bad for your body now as they were a century ago.

Wearing a constricting corset for too long can lead to gastric reflux, fluid retention and even the potentially deadly Deep Vein Thrombosis (DVT), the same condition that those on long-haul airplane flights are at risk of developing. So before you fall for this fad, decide whether conforming to what fashion dictates is the norm by squeezing yourself into the smallest size possible is really worth it.