Victorian Wasp Waist Corset
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Much like a gnat, a woman’s desire to look like an insect–via oversized glasses or a tiny waist–is a trend that simply won’t go away. Thankfully, though, the wasp waist corset is no longer prominent. Meant to abrupt the transition from a natural rib cage to a barely-there waist, all the corset really did was saddle its users with a slew of ailments, some of which include cracked and deformed ribs, deformed internal organs, respiratory failure, and, should they be pregnant, miscarriages.
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Extreme Body Modification
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Given the diversity of methods and manifestations of body modification, it is futile to attempt an explanation as to why people go to such extreme measures to achieve such strange results. Some do so for religious rites, sexual enhancement, shock value and self-expression. Its more ardent advocates (like some of those featured here) are speculated to suffer from body dysmorphic disorder and/or other mental illnesses.
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