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Your waist shape is also determined by the integrity and position abdominal wall muscles and your abdominal skin. Liposuction isn't great at managing either one of those and procedures like tummy tucks can help there. The compression garment helps with skin retraction and minimizes swelling.
Even if the research is still inconclusive, there's certainly anecdotal evidence. âThey increase blood flow, which speeds the rate at which you can rid your body of waste products,â said Tom Holland, a Connecticut-based exercise physiologist and triathlete who regularly wears compression garments.