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If you do ever lose weight, either on purpose or by accident (not that you should!), the amount of waist reduction that you loose from dieting doesnt count toward the 25%. In other words, if someone were very over weight and they lost 20 inches of pure fat from their waist line by dieting, along with 2" from corset training, the 20" from weight loss will be permanent assuming they dont gain back the weight, but the 2" that they cinched in by corseting will not be permanent, because they didn't corset down far enough. BTW, it takes years and years to corset down by 25% (not including weight loss, which is a completely different, unrelated process). In my case, I think I might need to corset all the way down to 18" or 19" in order for my 23" dream waist to become "semi-permanent". I didn't mean to imply that 25% is a small amount. It's definitely not. Here's a real 18" corseted waist to make the point clearer: http://www.inquisitr.com/23008/megan-fox-in-a-corset-on-the-set-of-jonah-hex/ I'm sure she did not need to waist train at all in order to fit into this corset. Her natural waist is an amazing 22"! Anyone can wear a corset that is 4 inches smaller than their natural waist, as long they only cinch it fully closed for a few hours. Her waist must have returned to normal size every time she took it off.