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Date Posted: 07:05:53 06/27/24 Thu
Author: Tom Sleifer
Subject: My Experience of Being Fitted By A Professional Coresetier

https://www.corsetiere.net/Spirella/Corsets/Girdle_Dependency.htm

Let me know what you think of this

An unedited tale of

Girdle Dependency

PART I

I did an experiment with myself to see if I could become girdle dependent below is my story of my experiment.

I come from a family who were very much into corsets and girdles. When I was growing up there were 3 women in my house my mother, my grandmother and my aunt. This was back in the late forties and early fifties. Plus my father was also a merchandise manager for a major retail company, and his main responsibility was women's clothing.

My mother and grandmother were always either in a corset or a girdle. The corsets on your website sure bring back those memories. Being around corsets and girdles as a boy when I turned 12 and my mother, grandmother, and aunt where out of the house I use to sneak into their girdle corset draws and put either a girdle on, and then I would go into my grandmothers room and put on her corsets. In truth I really loved the positive effect of being in a girdle and a corset. It was great and at that time only in my dreams.

I remember over hearing my mom, grandmother, and aunt talking about how they were all 3 very girdle dependent and they would never feel dressed unless in either a girdle or a corset. This is something as a child I could not really understand, but I do remember of course when in either a corset or a girdle I really did like how I looked or felt, it was a great feeling. As I grew older thinking back I always wondered as a male if I could also like my grandmother, mother, and aunt also become girdle dependent and not feel like I was dressed unless I was wearing some kind of foundation garment.

All of this of course created a very strong fetish that I always lived with, but as I grew older interesting enough I started getting a small stomach, along with poor posture which I found out comes from a mild case of scoliosis, also I have lower back pains, and I was having troubles fitting into some of my pants. This from some of research I had done on the internet was a sign that I really needed to be daily in some kind of foundation garment to support and hold me in.

Being a male this does make it somewhat hard because unfortunately society looks down on males who wear a girdle or a corset. But I decided to in a sense press ahead. With the internet I found it to be very helpful and with some research I found I corsetiere located in Wichita Kansas, a older women in her mid seventies. I found she was also to my luck "Male Friendly", plus she has a substantial knowledge of girdles corsets various makes and models, plus she has a background in muscular skeletal - and she had been a corsetiere for around 40 years. This was exactly what I needed and was looking for.

I called her up and talked to her for awhile and found her on the phone very helpful. So I set up an appointment for a fitting. Part of what I talked to her about was about how I could like my mother, grandmother, and aunt become girdle dependent. The corsetiere said it is possible she herself is also girdle dependent, but she explained it would take a fitting and some consulting to get me to the point where I would be dependent on the support a firm girdle and corset would give me.

She told me she like my mother, grandmother and aunt she also was very dependent on being in either a corset or a girdle. She gave me a warning that once this happens like her I would be dependent for the rest of life. In truth she was sure if that would happen, but was I willing to find out?

So the day of the appointment came up, I drove to her office, I found her very nice and very professional. She right away looked at me without a corset or girdle and told me outwardly there is not doubt I really do need to be in a very firm foundation, that I needed a lot of support in both my stomach and back. She told me that she would help me.

We went back into this one room where she had me strip to my underwear. She asked me about my life style and how active I am, which I am fairly active, I asked her if she thought I needed to be in a corset. She told me that a corset would way be too much and way too restrictive and since I am fairly active it would best that I am a very firm long legged high waisted boned and zippered panty girdle, so the one she picked Rago 6210.

She told me she would have to work with me and consult with me as to wearing a girdle like how to properly put a girdle on, how many girdles I needed, how to clean and take care of the girdles. She told me there is much more to wearing a girdle then just buying one at a department store and putting one on. That either a girdle or a corset becomes ones most important part of ones wardrobe.

Then after the initial consulting she measured both my hips and my waist. She told me to get the most needed support that she recommended going about 2 sizes tighter. What apparently happens is a boned firm girdle molds to your body and will stretch, if you go too lose it will become to lose and in a short time you will lose the needed stomach and back support. Going too tight can be uncomfortable.

Once she measured me and picked out the right garment the Rago 6210 she then had me lie down on the bed and pull up my legs so that my stomach went up toward my chest. I pulled on the girdle and hooked up the hook and eyes then she had me stand up, and she helped me zip up the girdle. Wow what a great feelings - with some research I found this feeling is called the AAAHHHH effect. What the corsetiere told me is that by pulling my legs up my stomach and organs interesting enough go into their normal natural position when you pull on a girdle the girdle then helps hold you in this position. I had never experienced anything like it, what a great feeling.

The corsetiere then had me walk around the room, stoop over, stand up, sit down. She would check by putting her hands on my stomach to make sure that I was firm and flat and that the girdle did not move around and was giving me the needed support.

She then had me put on my pants which I found fit really great and she checked me out again walking, stooping over, standing, sitting. And the way the girdle fit the girdle stayed in place and did not move.

She asked me for some comments, and the only thing I noticed was that when I would stand up I would pull in my stomach muscles. She explained this is a subconscious thing that happens, and she explained how to work on just relaxing my stomach muscles and letting the girdle support and hold me in. She said over about 2 weeks to a month eventually I would no longer have to keep reminding myself not to tighten my stomach muscles and that I would become use to being just supported and held in. She said the positive part of not pulling in ones stomach muscles and letting the girdle just do this for me is that I would gain a lot of energy and confidence.

The corsetiere was absolutely correct I noticed that once I was use to let the girdle holding me in and I no longer held myself in that I felt even better with much more energy and confidence, I was totally amazed as to the positive effect this had.

What I did noticed that after about 2 weeks or so when I would take off the girdle I could no longer pull my stomach in. I asked the corsetiere about this and she told me what was really going on that what happens is that my muscles have a memory when supported and fitted in the correct type of girdle that my stomach muscles have become use to the support a girdle offers. I did some further research into this and I found out that wearing a girdle is very similar to being in a cast and your stomach and back muscles need the support and firm girdle offers.

Personally I like how I feel in a girdle and I really do not care if my stomach muscles now need the support.

After I left her office I drove home in a girdle, amazing to me I felt so comfortable driving and I actually felt very relaxed and very alert.

She also did a lot of additional help; and support I could call her at anytime for questions, and she called me to check on me.

Part of also what she worked with me on is that she explained part of becoming girdle dependent is setting a habit and putting wearing a girdle daily should just become part of my daily routine. I should wake up in the morning and put on a girdle. If the girdle at first becomes a little uncomfortable take it off, that I would find over a short period of time I would be able to stay in a girdle all day and become very comfortable in a girdle.

I asked the corsetiere approximately how long would it take for me to become girdle dependent she told me about 2 weeks to a month, she told me some people become girdle dependent as soon as they first put on a girdle. I asked her how would I know, she told me that I would just know, it just happens.

Well after following her directions consulting and support over a period of around 2 weeks I noticed whenever I would wake up the first thing that came into my head was I needed to put on a girdle. I also when getting out of bed notice that I had lower back pains I of course the problem with my stomach sticking out, this was a constant reminder of course to put on a girdle. Once I put on a girdle I felt an immediate relief.

Then I got to point within about a month of daily wearing a girdle that I would test myself and see what would happen if I went without a girdle. I remember I decided to go to a grocery store without a girdle, I got dressed and drove in my car to the grocery, in truth I have never felt so uncomfortable in my whole life. First I had lower back pains from not having the support of a girdle, my posture was very poor, I found it uncomfortable to sit in the car, and then when I got out of the car and went into the grocery store I also did not feel right, it sure felt something was missing. I found also a lack of energy and confidence, I couldn't wait to get home and the first thing I did was put on a girdle, and immediately felt relief. I called the corsetiere about this and she said this is the sign I have finally become girdle dependent.

After my experience I found also the more I wore a girdle the more I seemed to need to be girdled.

In looking back over this experience now that I am girdle dependent I wish I would have been fitted for a girdle in my late teens. I talked to the corsetiere about this and she told me that from her own personal experience of fitting both males and females that what a well fitted firm girdle over many years holds ones body muscles and organs in their natural position - if you do not wear a girdle even with exercise over a period of time gravity and standing and sitting erect has a very negative effect on ones body and health, she does recommend that person either male or female should be fitted for a girdle somewhere around 14 to no later then 18. Starting with a fairly light girdle eventually as one gets into their late twenties to be in a more moderate girdle and finally from 40 on up a person should be most definitely in a very firm supportive garment. I would agree with her.

I believe again from reading your website that majority of the women that went to a corsetiere and were properly fitted most likely experienced the exact same thing I am experiencing and I am male. I am sure like me they were also all like my mom grandmother and aunt girdle dependent.

PART II

What is important to me and you probably agree with that wearing a girdle or a corset is not just for women but for men and we do need to get this positive message out. Plus the health benefits.

You mentioned about nurses - what I have researched and this is through professional corsetieres who have had years of training in muscular and skeletal and who have a very good understanding of the various makes and models of girdles and corsets. After I went through a fitting I was told there are some serious health benefits of being properly fitted and daily being in a either a firm girdle or corset. Which I really do believe.

When I went in for a fitting there was a fair amount of consulting also as to my life style am I active or not what kind of work do I do. This had a lot to do if I should wear a corset or be in a girdle. The corsetiere told me since I am fairly active but I do spend time at a computer that I shouldn't wear a corset only if my lower back acts up. A corset in my case would be way to restrictive, but a boned and zippered long legged high waisted panty girdle would give me the needed support. I found this to be true once in a girdle I found it much easier to sit and walk and just get around.

What I learned and this is again from my own personal experience and this is not a well known fact that a firm well fitted girdle or corset holds ones internal organs and muscles in their natural position this support aids ones organs in functioning the right way. This theory is somewhat disputed from some of the research I have found even though from my own personal experience I have found wearing a girdle every day has been quite beneficial with increased energy and confidence.

The corsetiere that fit me told me that in her own experience of around 50 years that both males and females should be fitted in a corset or girdle since late teenage years that you are doing a disservice to yourself by not wearing a girdle. What happens is you do pay a price for not being girdled as you become older, because as one becomes older and ones body changes a girdle helps hold and molds you in a healthy position.

I would agree in looking back over it and experiencing the benefits of being in a girdle I wish I would have been fitted and in a girdle since I was around 14, I would have been far better off.

PART III

First what is interesting once you find a professional corsetiere you actually gain a relationship with them. The relationship becomes very much like a doctor to patient relationship. What she explained to me once you do become use to being in a girdle or a corset that the garment is your most important part of your entire wardrobe, this I agree with.

When browsing through your website you have wonderful instructions on how to put on a girdle, which follows along with what my corsetiere showed me. In additional my corsetiere also explained to me one once I start wearing a girdle or a corset in public that she had to teach me if I had to go to bathroom how to put a girdle back on. The problem you have once in public is that you do not have any place to lay down to pull up ones legs and to pull up the girdle. She had to teach me what to do, this way is not as effective as your method in your diagram, but it does help until you arrive at home and you can readjust the girdle.

What she had me do is once I finished going to the bathroom to pull the girdle back up but take my hand and firmly use my hand to hold my stomach up and in and then pull up the rest of the girdle with my other hand hooking up the hooks and eyes. I found this works, but doesn't quite give you the needed support that lying down and pulling up your legs does.

Until I was actually taught properly how to put on a girdle I had no idea, and I found that if you do not put a girdle on properly you really can not get the needed benefits stomach and back support and it can be uncomfortable. What my corsetiere explained by laying down on a bed and pulling up my legs what this does is pull my internal organs back up toward my chest then pulling up the girdle hooking the hooks and eyes this hold ones stomach muscles and organs in their natural position. Once the corsetiere showed me this then she had me stand up she helped me with pulling up the zipper I found an unbelievable relief I found it is called the AHHHHH effect, I had never felt anything like it I actually felt a surge of energy and confidence I felt so relaxed, I was totally amazed. The corsetiere noticed this in me and explained that what I was experiencing is what it is really like to be properly fitted and girdled.

I also had some concerns if my stomach muscles would atrophy, actually she told me that wearing a firm girdle the opposite happens is that ones stomach muscles are actually held in their natural normal position. She of course recommended that like her I should go to a gym and exercise. I asked her if I should wear a girdle when exercising she told me it is best to be in a fairly light girdle with some support, but when done exercising I should be back in a firm girdle.

What I know from my personal experience there is far more to wearing girdles then just going to a department store and buying one. In my own experience I found I really couldn't get a proper fit and I couldn�t get enough needed stomach and back support. I also didn't know the right kind of make and model of girdle I needed to be in. Each one of us our bodies are different and there are lots of choices of girdles, there is always one that is best for each one of us. What also happens being in a boned girdle, after a couple of weeks of being in the girdle the boning and girdle forms itself around the shape of your body so it becomes almost like a customized girdle.

I know lots of women have complained that a girdle or a corset is uncomfortable with the boning, that can be true, but I am absolutely convinced that if you are not properly fitted and consulted by a professional corsetiere that either a girdle or corset can be very uncomfortable. Once you are fitted and consulted the opposite happens you do become very comfortable and interesting enough you actually feel very uncomfortable if you are not in either a girdle or a corset.

Something else I also learned - I always thought that wearing a girdle was just for getting dressed up, but then I remembered back when I was a kid my mother, grandmother and aunt were always girdled even when just relaxing around the house. What I found for myself when after I was fitted I would just wear a girdle when I would go out. The corsetiere I worked with did have me in a girdle when I would wake up, but take the girdle off when uncomfortable, but just wear it for it for a few hours, unless I would get dressed and go out.

I found over a period of few months that eventually even when relaxing around my house say in shorts or in sweats that I just preferred always being in a girdle. I found that a girdle just becomes very much a part of who you are. What I have found that after a period of a few months that I can not sit walk or even get dressed unless I am in a girdle, I just do not feel right.

One thing I did forget to include - I asked the corsetiere how often should I come in for a fitting - she recommended once a year - she told me that with age my body changes and this change needs to be checked over. I agree I went in after a year she found that I needed to be in a much firmer and more supportive girdle. She told me eventually I will need to be fitted in a panty girdle that is similar to a corset that has the 3 belts to pull and hold me stomach in. What she explained to me and again this is from years of fitting and from her own personal experience that as you become older ones stomach and back muscles need to have much more firmer and more support. This is the reason she recommends a fitting once a year.

What happened when I went back for a second fitting she found after a year I already needed much more support she put me in a Custom Maid 578 and a Custom Maid 299.

These 2 girdles I found were heavier and firmer but I found I felt much better with have this much more firm support. So I did understand that eventually I will need to be in even firmer girdle.

I would again in thinking back over my childhood my grandmother, mother, and aunt that they like now me where had very much become like what I am now like.

Ivy I agree with you - I believe a nurse does a person a disservice by taking a girdle or a corset away from the elderly. I know for myself the older I have gotten the more I need the back and stomach support a firm girdle offers, it is just part of getting older. If I wasn't able to be in a girdle I would find it very uncomfortable to sit walk and just get around unless I am held in by a girdle.

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>https://www.corsetiere.net/Spirella/Corsets/Girdle_Depe >ndency.htm > >Let me know what you think of this > >An unedited tale of > >Girdle Dependency > > > >PART I > > > >I did an experiment with myself to see if I could >become girdle dependent below is my story of my >experiment. > > > >I come from a family who were very much into corsets >and girdles. When I was growing up there were 3 women >in my house my mother, my grandmother and my aunt. >This was back in the late forties and early fifties. >Plus my father was also a merchandise manager for a >major retail company, and his main responsibility was >women's clothing. > > > >My mother and grandmother were always either in a >corset or a girdle. The corsets on your website sure >bring back those memories. Being around corsets and >girdles as a boy when I turned 12 and my mother, >grandmother, and aunt where out of the house I use to >sneak into their girdle corset draws and put either a >girdle on, and then I would go into my grandmothers >room and put on her corsets. In truth I really loved >the positive effect of being in a girdle and a corset. > It was great and at that time only in my dreams. > > > >I remember over hearing my mom, grandmother, and aunt >talking about how they were all 3 very girdle >dependent and they would never feel dressed unless in >either a girdle or a corset. This is something as a >child I could not really understand, but I do remember >of course when in either a corset or a girdle I really >did like how I looked or felt, it was a great feeling. > As I grew older thinking back I always wondered as a >male if I could also like my grandmother, mother, and >aunt also become girdle dependent and not feel like I >was dressed unless I was wearing some kind of >foundation garment. > > > >All of this of course created a very strong fetish >that I always lived with, but as I grew older >interesting enough I started getting a small stomach, >along with poor posture which I found out comes from a >mild case of scoliosis, also I have lower back pains, >and I was having troubles fitting into some of my >pants. This from some of research I had done on the >internet was a sign that I really needed to be daily >in some kind of foundation garment to support and hold >me in. > > > >Being a male this does make it somewhat hard because >unfortunately society looks down on males who wear a >girdle or a corset. But I decided to in a sense press >ahead. With the internet I found it to be very >helpful and with some research I found I corsetiere >located in Wichita Kansas, a older women in her mid >seventies. I found she was also to my luck "Male >Friendly", plus she has a substantial knowledge of >girdles corsets various makes and models, plus she has >a background in muscular skeletal - and she had been a >corsetiere for around 40 years. This was exactly what >I needed and was looking for. > > > >I called her up and talked to her for awhile and found >her on the phone very helpful. So I set up an >appointment for a fitting. Part of what I talked to >her about was about how I could like my mother, >grandmother, and aunt become girdle dependent. The >corsetiere said it is possible she herself is also >girdle dependent, but she explained it would take a >fitting and some consulting to get me to the point >where I would be dependent on the support a firm >girdle and corset would give me. > > > >She told me she like my mother, grandmother and aunt >she also was very dependent on being in either a >corset or a girdle. She gave me a warning that once >this happens like her I would be dependent for the >rest of life. In truth she was sure if that would >happen, but was I willing to find out? > > > >So the day of the appointment came up, I drove to her >office, I found her very nice and very professional. >She right away looked at me without a corset or girdle >and told me outwardly there is not doubt I really do >need to be in a very firm foundation, that I needed a >lot of support in both my stomach and back. She told >me that she would help me. > > > >We went back into this one room where she had me strip >to my underwear. She asked me about my life style and >how active I am, which I am fairly active, I asked her >if she thought I needed to be in a corset. She told >me that a corset would way be too much and way too >restrictive and since I am fairly active it would best >that I am a very firm long legged high waisted boned >and zippered panty girdle, so the one she picked Rago >6210. > > > >She told me she would have to work with me and consult >with me as to wearing a girdle like how to properly >put a girdle on, how many girdles I needed, how to >clean and take care of the girdles. She told me there >is much more to wearing a girdle then just buying one >at a department store and putting one on. That either >a girdle or a corset becomes ones most important part >of ones wardrobe. > > > >Then after the initial consulting she measured both my >hips and my waist. She told me to get the most needed >support that she recommended going about 2 sizes >tighter. What apparently happens is a boned firm >girdle molds to your body and will stretch, if you go >too lose it will become to lose and in a short time >you will lose the needed stomach and back support. >Going too tight can be uncomfortable. > > > >Once she measured me and picked out the right garment >the Rago 6210 she then had me lie down on the bed and >pull up my legs so that my stomach went up toward my >chest. I pulled on the girdle and hooked up the hook >and eyes then she had me stand up, and she helped me >zip up the girdle. Wow what a great feelings - with >some research I found this feeling is called the >AAAHHHH effect. What the corsetiere told me is that >by pulling my legs up my stomach and organs >interesting enough go into their normal natural >position when you pull on a girdle the girdle then >helps hold you in this position. I had never >experienced anything like it, what a great feeling. > > > >The corsetiere then had me walk around the room, stoop >over, stand up, sit down. She would check by putting >her hands on my stomach to make sure that I was firm >and flat and that the girdle did not move around and >was giving me the needed support. > > > >She then had me put on my pants which I found fit >really great and she checked me out again walking, >stooping over, standing, sitting. And the way the >girdle fit the girdle stayed in place and did not >move. > > > >She asked me for some comments, and the only thing I >noticed was that when I would stand up I would pull in >my stomach muscles. She explained this is a >subconscious thing that happens, and she explained how >to work on just relaxing my stomach muscles and >letting the girdle support and hold me in. She said >over about 2 weeks to a month eventually I would no >longer have to keep reminding myself not to tighten my >stomach muscles and that I would become use to being >just supported and held in. She said the positive >part of not pulling in ones stomach muscles and >letting the girdle just do this for me is that I would >gain a lot of energy and confidence. > > > >The corsetiere was absolutely correct I noticed that >once I was use to let the girdle holding me in and I >no longer held myself in that I felt even better with >much more energy and confidence, I was totally amazed >as to the positive effect this had. > > > >What I did noticed that after about 2 weeks or so when >I would take off the girdle I could no longer pull my >stomach in. I asked the corsetiere about this and she >told me what was really going on that what happens is >that my muscles have a memory when supported and >fitted in the correct type of girdle that my stomach >muscles have become use to the support a girdle >offers. I did some further research into this and I >found out that wearing a girdle is very similar to >being in a cast and your stomach and back muscles need >the support and firm girdle offers. > > > > Personally I like how I feel in a girdle and I really >do not care if my stomach muscles now need the support. > > > >After I left her office I drove home in a girdle, >amazing to me I felt so comfortable driving and I >actually felt very relaxed and very alert. > > > >She also did a lot of additional help; and support I >could call her at anytime for questions, and she >called me to check on me. > > > >Part of also what she worked with me on is that she >explained part of becoming girdle dependent is setting >a habit and putting wearing a girdle daily should just >become part of my daily routine. I should wake up in >the morning and put on a girdle. If the girdle at >first becomes a little uncomfortable take it off, that >I would find over a short period of time I would be >able to stay in a girdle all day and become very >comfortable in a girdle. > > > >I asked the corsetiere approximately how long would it >take for me to become girdle dependent she told me >about 2 weeks to a month, she told me some people >become girdle dependent as soon as they first put on a >girdle. I asked her how would I know, she told me >that I would just know, it just happens. > > > >Well after following her directions consulting and >support over a period of around 2 weeks I noticed >whenever I would wake up the first thing that came >into my head was I needed to put on a girdle. I also >when getting out of bed notice that I had lower back >pains I of course the problem with my stomach sticking >out, this was a constant reminder of course to put on >a girdle. Once I put on a girdle I felt an immediate >relief. > > > >Then I got to point within about a month of daily >wearing a girdle that I would test myself and see what >would happen if I went without a girdle. I remember I >decided to go to a grocery store without a girdle, I >got dressed and drove in my car to the grocery, in >truth I have never felt so uncomfortable in my whole >life. First I had lower back pains from not having >the support of a girdle, my posture was very poor, I >found it uncomfortable to sit in the car, and then >when I got out of the car and went into the grocery >store I also did not feel right, it sure felt >something was missing. I found also a lack of energy >and confidence, I couldn't wait to get home and the >first thing I did was put on a girdle, and immediately >felt relief. I called the corsetiere about this and >she said this is the sign I have finally become girdle >dependent. > > > >After my experience I found also the more I wore a >girdle the more I seemed to need to be girdled. > > > >In looking back over this experience now that I am >girdle dependent I wish I would have been fitted for a >girdle in my late teens. I talked to the corsetiere >about this and she told me that from her own personal >experience of fitting both males and females that what >a well fitted firm girdle over many years holds ones >body muscles and organs in their natural position - if >you do not wear a girdle even with exercise over a >period of time gravity and standing and sitting erect >has a very negative effect on ones body and health, >she does recommend that person either male or female >should be fitted for a girdle somewhere around 14 to >no later then 18. Starting with a fairly light girdle >eventually as one gets into their late twenties to be >in a more moderate girdle and finally from 40 on up a >person should be most definitely in a very firm >supportive garment. I would agree with her. > > > >I believe again from reading your website that >majority of the women that went to a corsetiere and >were properly fitted most likely experienced the exact >same thing I am experiencing and I am male. I am sure >like me they were also all like my mom grandmother and >aunt girdle dependent. > > > > > >PART II > > > >What is important to me and you probably agree with >that wearing a girdle or a corset is not just for >women but for men and we do need to get this positive >message out. Plus the health benefits. > > > >You mentioned about nurses - what I have researched >and this is through professional corsetieres who have >had years of training in muscular and skeletal and who >have a very good understanding of the various makes >and models of girdles and corsets. After I went >through a fitting I was told there are some serious >health benefits of being properly fitted and daily >being in a either a firm girdle or corset. Which I >really do believe. > > > >When I went in for a fitting there was a fair amount >of consulting also as to my life style am I active or >not what kind of work do I do. This had a lot to do >if I should wear a corset or be in a girdle. The >corsetiere told me since I am fairly active but I do >spend time at a computer that I shouldn't wear a >corset only if my lower back acts up. A corset in my >case would be way to restrictive, but a boned and >zippered long legged high waisted panty girdle would >give me the needed support. I found this to be true >once in a girdle I found it much easier to sit and >walk and just get around. > > > >What I learned and this is again from my own personal >experience and this is not a well known fact that a >firm well fitted girdle or corset holds ones internal >organs and muscles in their natural position this >support aids ones organs in functioning the right way. > This theory is somewhat disputed from some of the >research I have found even though from my own personal >experience I have found wearing a girdle every day has >been quite beneficial with increased energy and >confidence. > > > >The corsetiere that fit me told me that in her own >experience of around 50 years that both males and >females should be fitted in a corset or girdle since >late teenage years that you are doing a disservice to >yourself by not wearing a girdle. What happens is you >do pay a price for not being girdled as you become >older, because as one becomes older and ones body >changes a girdle helps hold and molds you in a healthy >position. > > > >I would agree in looking back over it and experiencing >the benefits of being in a girdle I wish I would have >been fitted and in a girdle since I was around 14, I >would have been far better off. > > > > > >PART III > > > >First what is interesting once you find a professional >corsetiere you actually gain a relationship with them. > The relationship becomes very much like a doctor to >patient relationship. What she explained to me once >you do become use to being in a girdle or a corset >that the garment is your most important part of your >entire wardrobe, this I agree with. > > > >When browsing through your website you have wonderful >instructions on how to put on a girdle, which follows >along with what my corsetiere showed me. In >additional my corsetiere also explained to me one once >I start wearing a girdle or a corset in public that >she had to teach me if I had to go to bathroom how to >put a girdle back on. The problem you have once in >public is that you do not have any place to lay down >to pull up ones legs and to pull up the girdle. She >had to teach me what to do, this way is not as >effective as your method in your diagram, but it does >help until you arrive at home and you can readjust the >girdle. > > > >What she had me do is once I finished going to the >bathroom to pull the girdle back up but take my hand >and firmly use my hand to hold my stomach up and in >and then pull up the rest of the girdle with my other >hand hooking up the hooks and eyes. I found this >works, but doesn't quite give you the needed support >that lying down and pulling up your legs does. > > > >Until I was actually taught properly how to put on a >girdle I had no idea, and I found that if you do not >put a girdle on properly you really can not get the >needed benefits stomach and back support and it can be >uncomfortable. What my corsetiere explained by laying >down on a bed and pulling up my legs what this does is >pull my internal organs back up toward my chest then >pulling up the girdle hooking the hooks and eyes this >hold ones stomach muscles and organs in their natural >position. Once the corsetiere showed me this then she >had me stand up she helped me with pulling up the >zipper I found an unbelievable relief I found it is >called the AHHHHH effect, I had never felt anything >like it I actually felt a surge of energy and >confidence I felt so relaxed, I was totally amazed. >The corsetiere noticed this in me and explained that >what I was experiencing is what it is really like to >be properly fitted and girdled. > > > >I also had some concerns if my stomach muscles would >atrophy, actually she told me that wearing a firm >girdle the opposite happens is that ones stomach >muscles are actually held in their natural normal >position. She of course recommended that like her I >should go to a gym and exercise. I asked her if I >should wear a girdle when exercising she told me it is >best to be in a fairly light girdle with some support, >but when done exercising I should be back in a firm >girdle. > > > >What I know from my personal experience there is far >more to wearing girdles then just going to a >department store and buying one. In my own experience >I found I really couldn't get a proper fit and I >couldn�t get enough needed stomach and back support. >I also didn't know the right kind of make and model of >girdle I needed to be in. Each one of us our bodies >are different and there are lots of choices of >girdles, there is always one that is best for each one >of us. What also happens being in a boned girdle, >after a couple of weeks of being in the girdle the >boning and girdle forms itself around the shape of >your body so it becomes almost like a customized >girdle. > > > >I know lots of women have complained that a girdle or >a corset is uncomfortable with the boning, that can be >true, but I am absolutely convinced that if you are >not properly fitted and consulted by a professional >corsetiere that either a girdle or corset can be very >uncomfortable. Once you are fitted and consulted the >opposite happens you do become very comfortable and >interesting enough you actually feel very >uncomfortable if you are not in either a girdle or a >corset. > > > >Something else I also learned - I always thought that >wearing a girdle was just for getting dressed up, but >then I remembered back when I was a kid my mother, >grandmother and aunt were always girdled even when >just relaxing around the house. What I found for >myself when after I was fitted I would just wear a >girdle when I would go out. The corsetiere I worked >with did have me in a girdle when I would wake up, but >take the girdle off when uncomfortable, but just wear >it for it for a few hours, unless I would get dressed >and go out. > >I found over a period of few months that eventually >even when relaxing around my house say in shorts or in >sweats that I just preferred always being in a girdle. > I found that a girdle just becomes very much a part >of who you are. What I have found that after a period >of a few months that I can not sit walk or even get >dressed unless I am in a girdle, I just do not feel >right. > > > >One thing I did forget to include - I asked the >corsetiere how often should I come in for a fitting - >she recommended once a year - she told me that with >age my body changes and this change needs to be >checked over. I agree I went in after a year she >found that I needed to be in a much firmer and more >supportive girdle. She told me eventually I will need >to be fitted in a panty girdle that is similar to a >corset that has the 3 belts to pull and hold me >stomach in. What she explained to me and again this >is from years of fitting and from her own personal >experience that as you become older ones stomach and >back muscles need to have much more firmer and more >support. This is the reason she recommends a fitting >once a year. > > > >What happened when I went back for a second fitting >she found after a year I already needed much more >support she put me in a Custom Maid 578 and a Custom >Maid 299. > >These 2 girdles I found were heavier and firmer but I >found I felt much better with have this much more firm >support. So I did understand that eventually I will >need to be in even firmer girdle. > > > >I would again in thinking back over my childhood my >grandmother, mother, and aunt that they like now me >where had very much become like what I am now like. > > > >Ivy I agree with you - I believe a nurse does a person >a disservice by taking a girdle or a corset away from >the elderly. I know for myself the older I have gotten >the more I need the back and stomach support a firm >girdle offers, it is just part of getting older. If I >wasn't able to be in a girdle I would find it very >uncomfortable to sit walk and just get around unless I >am held in by a girdle.

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