I promise you, all the IG baddies, TikTok girlies, iconic YouTubers, and (most) celebrities are waist training. I don’t care if they’re wearing corsets, latex waist trainers, fajas, shape wear, etc… They’re training their waist! They just don’t talk about it. Why?

It’s extremely taboo and waist training is a practice that is no longer “accepted” by society due to misinformation that travels very, VERY fast across multiple social media platforms and news outlets within minutes. Waist training, namely corsets —which can be considered a fetish/kink— have not been tolerated or welcomed in and by society for a very long time due to various debunked “reasons” such as: displacement of organs, hard of breathing, breaking of bones… the list goes on. Oh, and how could I forget the most annoying, played out reason of all: you should love your body just the way it is, it doesn’t need any improvements. Yawn.

So why are you telling people you waist train, only to get either laughed at by 15 year old girls with naturally slim bodies, yelled at by older aunties who envy your body goals and discipline, or belittled by men who want you but can’t have you? Why are you doing that to yourself? Keep your waist training hush hush; nobody has to know! And yes, these examples are from experience.

Obviously if you’re a corset or waist training content creator, you flaunt that ish. You scream at the top of your lungs (or current popular sound/song) that you waist train and you’re proud to show your results (or lack thereof due to inconsistency, but hey, at least you’re transparent!); you love giving helpful waist training tips, tricks, do’s and don’ts; you can’t wait to do a new corset unboxing knowing your audience will be as excited as you are; you want to grow a large community of like minded people who find body modification (yes, waist training is technically considered bod mod) motivating and inspiring, or even just entertaining; and you don’t care what anyone says because you love waist training and you’re going to keep going no matter what!

But of course, if you’re not said content creator, why bother telling others you waist train? I mean, if you’re a beauty and fashion creator, or you create cooking content or something, does your audience really have to know that you waist train? Probably not. And if you’re not a content creator at all and/or you just have personal social media, do those people have to know? Again, probably not. I’ve seen creators come out to say they wear corsets only to get tons of unfollows or yelled at in the comments section spewing ugly things that would never be said in person.

So ask yourself, Why? Is it because you want them to start waist training too? Maybe you want an accountability partner? Are you excited about seeing results and want to share this century-old technique? Attention-seeking or trend-hopping? Seriously think about why you tell people you waist train and what good (or bad) it does for you. If you receive nothing but compliments and ego-boosting motivation from your friends and family, exit out of this blog post now. Keep doing what you’re doing. But, if you get replies like, “you’re so insecure” or “do you know how bad that is for you?” or “I’m naturally slim I don’t need that” or “just lose weight” or my favorite “when are you going to love your body as is?” I mean, the list goes on but I’m sure you get the gist.

They’re not going to get it, they won’t understand why you want or “need” a smaller waist, and they’ll do everything they can to make you feel stupid for your new beauty hobby. Most people (NOT ALL!) don’t like their friends or family members looking better than them. It’s a deep rooted subconscious thing, especially when said friend or family member has no health or body discipline. I’ve shared with friends and family members in the past that I wear corsets to train my waist since I started in 2013. And you know where that’s gotten me? No where. Just into silly arguments about how I “don’t need that” or “that’s bad for your health” or “are you that insecure?” and “you just want attention from men”. I stopped sharing my corset waist training journey with people I meet in real life, due to the simple fact that it’s none of their business. UNLESS they’re curious and inquire about how they’re thinking about waist training but don’t know if they should. Then, and only then, will I go into detail about how long I’ve been doing it and my organs, breathing, and bones are all in tip top shape, according to my doctor.

“Okay, so you don’t share your waist training journey with family and friends, but yet you post on social media about it? Make it make sense!”

Okay, let’s! There’s two main reasons:

First of all, I don’t give out my social media to people I know in real life. If they find me and inquire about my posts, I’ll briefly share with them my corset journey and answer any questions they have about waist training. But I always recommend to them that if they are sincerely interested to do their own research and look into Lucy Corsetry on YouTube (rather than my YouTube channel, lol). If someone is bringing up IG or TikTok, I don’t go out of my way to say, “hey, let’s follow each other!” But if they do, I usually say, “Oh, I don’t have a personal IG/TT, it’s just a boring business account.” And if that intrigues them, I down play it by saying, “Just trying to do that cringey influencer thing, but I don’t want people I know in real life to follow me because it’s embarrassing” and I’ll change the subject. Usually, they go along with the subject change, but who knows, they might try to find me…LOL. Have you ever noticed that people who don’t know you are more inclined to root for you than those closest to you? I have…

Secondly, I share my corset training journey online because I like to help others who are actually interested in waist training or they waist train themselves and so it’s like having an online buddy who gets you. And I’d like to think that my content can assist people who either aren’t sure about whether or not waist training is for them, or answer questions for those who are super interested and just need that final push to get started. I don’t care (most of the time) what strangers online have to say about me. So posting on social media is no big deal. If a random person online comes across my content, it’s either because I made it to the FYP or was recommended (yay me!), or they actively searched corsets and waist training and came across my posts. Most people who are actively searching for something and find what they’re looking for are not going to leave nasty comments. I hope my content can (usually, when I’m actively posting) be some sort of an accountability partner for those who do not share their waist training journey with others.

I hope that clears it up!

Anyways, if you want to keep telling people you waist train, GO FOR IT. More power to ya! But if all you get is irritating remarks, consider keeping your mouth zipped.

Love ya!

xo Sin