Ok. I lost some weight and at 42 the skin just didn't go back as fast as it did when I was 22, go figure. It lets your bra do the work because it's not constrictive there. It stays down well enough but and this is gunna sound goofy but there is a band of rubberizing that needs to be touching skin to stay down and for me this ment tucking into my undies (lol pretty picture I know). It cured the "muffin top" just enough to make me more confident for when I needed it. Warning, the company that shipped mine took quite a long time to package it for shipping so beware of that. Its a light to medium control, if you are looking for something stonger this might not be your thing but the top was cute peaking out of a sweater and it didn't make want to tear it off screaming at the end of the day due to heat. I liked them and I hope you will too.