It will last for about only 3 months.  The plastic bindngs/ribs will not stay stiff for long and will start to curl to the curve of your waistline. You would have to purchase another one in 3 months.  It does help to make you look slimmer than you are. The plastic ribs start to come out of it's sewn in holder after awhile so you have to keep pushing it back in upwards so it doesn't fall to the bottom of girdle. Wish it last longer than 3 months of usage for the price paid.