A woman has revealed the extreme lengths she’s gone to in order to get a tiny waist – to the tune of 0,000 and breaking her ribs.
And now, the controversial surgery is set to become a hit in the UK.
Dani Cesin has always dreamed of having an itty bitty hourglass figure.
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So much so, she’s worn a tight corset for years, as well working out tirelessly.
However, the results haven’t achieved the 31-year-old’s goal, to the point where she believed her ribcage was the issue, as it was ‘too wide’.
Now, to make her dreams a reality, she’s jetted off to Venezuela, and forked out over 0,000, to get six of her ribs fractured.
It’s left the fitness influencer bound in a corset as her waist continues to shrink to a mere 19 inches.
“Your corset waist is not going to be your forever waist,” Dani, who is based in Florida, US, told Need To Know.
“I love it.
“I’m still […] very early in the post-surgery phase, but I love my results.
“I do it for me, because if it makes me happy, why would I [care about] what other people say?
“At the end of the day, it’s my decision.
“It’s my body. It’s my choice.”
The procedure, known as RibXcar, was undertaken three months ago.
With the corset, it measures around 19 inches, but without, her waist expands to 21 inches.
Dani has been advised by her doctor to wear the corset around-the-clock for the next three months.
When she took it off for seven hours to wear her Halloween costume, her back began to hurt.
As the controversial surgery, of which Dani has received a lot of backlash for, is set to come to the UK, an esteemed surgeon has shared their concerns.
Gerard Lambe, who is the founder of Reflect Clinic and a spokesperson for BAAPS, said that possible complications of the surgery could include a collapsed lung and bleeding in the chest.
He said: “The main worry is that we don’t know what’s going to happen long term.
“We are seeing cosmetic surgery move into territory that would have been almost unthinkable a few years ago.
“Breaking and repositioning ribs to create a smaller waist is not simply another cosmetic tweak – it involves deliberately altering the body’s skeletal structure.
“Dani’s experience with back pain once she removes the corset shows why these procedures need to be discussed honestly.
“The fact that a procedure can produce a dramatic aesthetic result doesn’t mean it’s a minor procedure.
“And patients need to understand exactly what they are taking on.
“The research is important because it gives us some real-world data, but it shouldn’t be interpreted as a guarantee that rib remodelling is safe.
“A smaller waist shouldn’t come at the expense of your health.”
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