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The shocking rise of rib remodelling: ‘I wanted that hourglass shape’

“I wanted to have that guitar hourglass shape.” In August, Cesin travelled from Miami, where she has lived for the past 15 years, to her native Venezuela for liposuction and a fat transfer to her hips.

✦ Extractive summary — built from the sources' own reporting•From 1 source•1 min read•Updated October 28, 2026, 5:00 AM UTC
Key points
  • She met her cosmetic surgeon for the first time the day before the procedure, and he realised she didn’t have enough fat to go ahead with it.….
  • Some of those who have had this cosmetic procedure say it is like being ‘hit by a bus’.
  • By 31, she had the slim, toned body she had hoped for, but something was still missing.

I saw the difference in my body: my abs, the muscles in my arms, and I started liking it,” she says.

It involves the fracturing of a patient’s ribs, before they spend three months laced into a corset.

Additional details
  • “I was a little bit chubby and I started to work out at home and lose weight.
  • Daniela Cesin was 14 when she began thinking about her looks.

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