The Issues...

·Cons:

-Asphyxia: they could not breathe very well with them.

-Sunstroke: women usually get sunstroke because of all the clothes they had to wear.

-Infertility: the corsets they had to wear were so tight that women had continually miscarriages, many of them remained sterile for life. Wearing corset was not easy for a pregnant women, they could lose their baby. In the "best" cases babies came out deformed or with cardiorespiratory problems.

-Faints: many times faints were caused by getting a sunstroke, but in many others, faints were caused by the difficult task of breathing well.

·Pros:

Corsets were used to enhance women's figure and to enhance the bust as well.