Kylie Jenner criticized for wearing & shilling for those stupid ‘waist trainers’
March 23, 2018I remember covering an interview with Jessica Alba many years ago, where she described how she wore a girdle for months after giving birth. This was news to me – I didn’t know that some women could wear a girdle or something less structured following a birth and that it was an actual thing. But it’s a thing. So I wasn’t really surprised when Kylie Jenner posted this photo of herself in a “Waist trainer.” Kylie and all of the Kardashian-Jenner women shill for these dumb waist trainers and it’s just dumb and whatever. Well, Kylie is being criticized only I’m not sure about this Us Weekly article:
Kylie Jenner turned heads earlier this week for posting a photo of herself using a Waist Gang Society waist trainer less than two months after giving birth to daughter Stormi — and some fans weren’t exactly kind about it.
Dr. Cynthia Robbins, a Texas-based OGBYN, spoke exclusively to Us Weekly about 20-year-old Jenner’s bold choice and recommended that the Life of Kylie star avoid wearing the slimming accessory.
“A waist trainer is a very tight garment that can be clinched tighter and tighter to pull in the floating rib and anatomically compress,” she explained to Us. “This is worn higher, does not stabilize the pelvis and I feel puts harmful compression to the abdomen. It has a temporary result that is no different than anything too tight around skin.”
Dr. Robbins suggested that women looking to tone down postpartum opt for a safer alternative such as Belly Bandit wraps. “After the delivery of a baby, the body has had ligaments and cartilage softened by a hormone named Relaxin. This hormone has been produced at the end of pregnancy to allow for structure shifting as the baby moves through the birth canal,” she said. “I advise patients to wear a support wrap or belly wrap postpartum to stabilize the patient’s pelvis so that it is held in place and no longer shifts. This allows for early resumption of exercise and for earlier return to normal function and pre-pregnancy shape. This is a healthy way to quicken recovery.”
I had to read that a few times to understand what the actual criticism is: this doctor is saying that a “waist trainer” isn’t really doing much good for a postpartum body because it sits too “high.” The doctor is recommending other girdle-like devices which will actually “suck in/compress” her entire midsection and pelvis. Fair enough. But is there any space to have a conversation about not wanting to wear any kind of girdle at all when you’re postpartum?
Photos courtesy of Kylie’s Instagram.