The operation itself does not make the waist narrower, changes only the visual perception of the figure by lengthening your waist. Postoperative scars are inevitable even if the superimposed cosmetic seams, will definitely have to go back to the doctors to make the scars less noticeable.
Why you need a 12th pair of ribs
Bottom of the twelfth pair of ribs protect the internal organs from shock and damage, after the removal of the kidneys, liver and spleen are vulnerable. If the woman leads an active life, engaged in extreme sports, such surgery is contraindicated. Not recommend it and nulliparous women who plan to become a mother in the future. To bear a child without the twelfth pair of ribs is much more difficult.
Complications after resection of the lower pairs of ribs
Accidental injury, accident even a simple fall on a slippery track can be deadly for those who have missing the bottom couple of ribs. Internal organs lose their only protection, and because even a minor blow force often leads to hemorrhage or separation of the body.
In his youth, postoperative complications almost never occur, but aging of the organism the absence of ribs makes itself known. Almost all patients who have resected the ribs, appears nephroptosis, with the omission of the kidneys. The problem starts with the urinary system, up to chronic pyelonephritis and glomerulonephritis, which shorten life by 5-10 years.
The lower pair of ribs involved in respiration, after the removal of the rib may be diseases of the respiratory system: bronchitis, disorders of the lung, emphysema.
Some patients notes the phantom pain, have sore ribs. This usually happens when the weather changes, the weather-sensitive people the probability of occurrence of phantom pain higher. Patients with excess weight, high body weight is not recommended to remove the bottom couple of ribs, as this will not improve the figure, and will only increase the load on the spine.