Correction takes months, your confidence doesn't have to wait. The CBT-based program for the psychology of a pectus chest.
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The mirror problem outlasts the chest problem unless you deal with it directly.
Every device and program targets the chest. Almost none address what the chest did to your mind, the avoidance, the monitoring, the way one body part started running your decisions.
Body image isn't fixed.
It doesn't wait.
The same CBT approaches with strong evidence for body-image problems work here too, adapted for pectus. You can rebuild confidence on a parallel track, starting now, not one millimetre at a time.
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read the blog for months before i actually did anything with it. no coach, no brace, just the stuff in the articles done properly. i feel a lot better now and the photos say the rest
DaniloPE
Read the blogCroatia 🇭🇷
Two months in and I've put on 3 kg of muscle. My chest doesn't cave the way it used to when I'm standing relaxed, and that alone was worth it.
MiloPE25
1-on-1 CoachingGermany 🇩🇪
Had the flare since i was about 14 and just assumed that was my ribcage, permanently. Brace plus the breathing drills and my mrs asked when i'd lost weight. I hadn't lost anything, it's just the ribs sitting where they should now.
DanielRib Flare27
Rib Flare BraceUK 🇬🇧
first call he told me straight up itd take a year and id hate months 2 through 5. he was right about both lol. 12 months on and my PC is flat. took my shirt off at the beach in january without doing the whole towel thing
DimiPC19
1-on-1 CoachingAustralia 🇦🇺
didnt know you could be breathing wrong for 21 years. thats the whole thing right there. flare started going down on its own once i stopped breathing into my shoulders, which is not what i paid for but ill take it
benjiRib Flare21
Rib Flare CourseUSA 🇺🇸
the bell leaves a red ring on your chest the second you take it off, and nobody warns you about that. it fades within the hour and the skin has never been an issue since. 100% satisfied - the sternum sits higher than it has my whole life
PiotrPE25
Vacuum BellPoland 🇵🇱
the brace is made really good, i wear it under the t-shirt at school and nobody has noticed in 4 months. my mother was crying when we compare the photos. sorry for my english
NicoPC17
Pectus Carinatum BraceItaly 🇮🇹
He knows more about this than the two consultants I paid to see, which says more about them than it does about him. Showed my GP the 9 month photos and he asked me for the website. Half a star off because the time zones make the calls a nightmare from Ireland.
RuairíPE29
1-on-1 CoachingIreland 🇮🇪
ive bought like four programs for this over the years and quit every one of them by week two. finished this one. i think its cus you cant move on until you can actually hold the position, so theres never that thing where you're guessing if youre ready or not
MateoRib Flare23
Rib Flare CourseUSA 🇺🇸
watched the youtube for six years before i spent a single cent. bought the program, did it properly for 7 months, and the only thing i actually regret is the six years
TanePE26
PE Exercise ProgramNew Zealand 🇳🇿
My son is 15 and had started keeping a shirt on in the pool, which is how I worked out something was wrong in the first place, because he certainly wasn't going to tell me. He would never have stuck with the brace on his own. It was the fortnightly check-ins that did it - he didn't want to turn up with nothing to report. Six months now and the ridge has visibly come down. He swims without the shirt.
Noah's mumPC
Pectus Carinatum BraceUSA 🇺🇸
I went in wanting to debunk it, honestly. Started opening the citations one at a time and they were real papers that said what he said they said. That is a depressingly low bar and nowhere else online clears it.
SanderRib Flare34
Read the blogNetherlands 🇳🇱
every doctor said come back when youre done growing, which is a mad thing to say to a 17 year old whos already miserable about it. did four months of training instead. 4kg on and my t shirts actually sit on something now
JakePE17
USA 🇺🇸
bump is 0.5cm down in 5 months. bro i genuinely thought this was gonna be bench press for a year, its like 80% breathing drills and posture stuff. wasnt what i signed up for but i cant argue with the tape measure
EliasPC16
Norway 🇳🇴
1 cm off the depth in eight months. I had this filed under things about my body that got decided before I was born, and I'd stopped thinking about it somewhere in my twenties, so being wrong about it has been a strange few months honestly.
VincentPE + Rib Flare36
France 🇫🇷
i did abs for two years thinking that was the fix. it was never going to be abs. three months of the brace plus actually learning how to exhale properly and its 1.5cm narrower down there
AlexRib Flare22
USA 🇺🇸
i was the skinny kid who kept his top on at the beach every single year. 6 months, 5kg heavier. took it off in ibiza this summer and genuinely forgot to be weird about it until we were leaving
CallumPE17
UK 🇬🇧
"read the blog for months before i actually did anything with it. no coach, no brace, just the stuff in the articles done properly. i feel a lot better now and the photos say the rest"
"Two months in and I've put on 3 kg of muscle. My chest doesn't cave the way it used to when I'm standing relaxed, and that alone was worth it."
"Had the flare since i was about 14 and just assumed that was my ribcage, permanently. Brace plus the breathing drills and my mrs asked when i'd lost weight. I hadn't lost anything, it's just the ribs sitting where they should now."
"first call he told me straight up itd take a year and id hate months 2 through 5. he was right about both lol. 12 months on and my PC is flat. took my shirt off at the beach in january without doing the whole towel thing"
"didnt know you could be breathing wrong for 21 years. thats the whole thing right there. flare started going down on its own once i stopped breathing into my shoulders, which is not what i paid for but ill take it"
"the bell leaves a red ring on your chest the second you take it off, and nobody warns you about that. it fades within the hour and the skin has never been an issue since. 100% satisfied - the sternum sits higher than it has my whole life"
"the brace is made really good, i wear it under the t-shirt at school and nobody has noticed in 4 months. my mother was crying when we compare the photos. sorry for my english"
"He knows more about this than the two consultants I paid to see, which says more about them than it does about him. Showed my GP the 9 month photos and he asked me for the website. Half a star off because the time zones make the calls a nightmare from Ireland."
"ive bought like four programs for this over the years and quit every one of them by week two. finished this one. i think its cus you cant move on until you can actually hold the position, so theres never that thing where you're guessing if youre ready or not"
"watched the youtube for six years before i spent a single cent. bought the program, did it properly for 7 months, and the only thing i actually regret is the six years"
"My son is 15 and had started keeping a shirt on in the pool, which is how I worked out something was wrong in the first place, because he certainly wasn't going to tell me. He would never have stuck with the brace on his own. It was the fortnightly check-ins that did it - he didn't want to turn up with nothing to report. Six months now and the ridge has visibly come down. He swims without the shirt."
"I went in wanting to debunk it, honestly. Started opening the citations one at a time and they were real papers that said what he said they said. That is a depressingly low bar and nowhere else online clears it."
read the blog for months before i actually did anything with it. no coach, no brace, just the stuff in the articles done properly. i feel a lot better now and the photos say the rest
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“I'm 32. Everything I ever read said the window on this shuts at 18 and after that you either get cut open or you live with it. Nine months, 5 kg on, 1 cm off the depth. Nobody is more annoyed about the wasted decade than me.”
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“came in skinny with a deep dip and ribs that stuck out at the bottom. six months, 4kg up. funny thing is nobody says anything about the dip, its the flare going down that people actually noticed”
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“I'm 52. I have both a ridge and a dip, which I'm told is unusual, and I've had the pair of them since I was a boy. Nine kilos off in five months and for the first time my chest looks like one chest. I did not expect to be sorting this out at my age, but there we are.”
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“The brace did the flare, the training did the rest. Seven months, 6 kg on, 1 cm off the depth. The part I wasn't ready for is that I now own shirts that fit, after about fifteen years of buying everything one size too big.”
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After“5 months, 4kg on. still there if i go looking for it. nobody else has said a word”
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“3 months and 5kg later the ridge is sitting lower than its ever been. i was 100% convinced surgery was the only option, like id already looked up how much it costs and everything”
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“9 kilos in 6 months. the trick nobody tells you is you build the muscle around the ridge, then the ridge is not the first thing people see. before this i am buying only loose shirts, maybe 8 years like this”
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“before, the carinatum is the first thing i see in every photo of me. now i show someone and they must ask me where it is. i did not have any surgery, only the training”
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“Four months in and the side profile is the thing that changed. I used to clock myself in every shop window I walked past, at 30 years old, and I hadn't even noticed I was doing it until I stopped.”
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After“read the blog for months before i actually did anything with it. no coach, no brace, just the stuff in the articles done properly. i feel a lot better now and the photos say the rest”
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After“the bell leaves a red ring on your chest the second you take it off, and nobody warns you about that. it fades within the hour and the skin has never been an issue since. 100% satisfied - the sternum sits higher than it has my whole life”
PE pectus excavatum · PC pectus carinatum · RF rib flare
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Take the 60-second quizPosture and breathing shift inside the first few weeks. Visible chest change is slower - in the case log above, Milo hit his at 2 months, Ian at 6. The programs run 16 weeks because that is how long it takes to show in the mirror.
Almost certainly not. The clients on this page were 22 to 32 when they started. Cartilage stiffens with age, so progress is slower, but slower is not stopped. Age changes the timeline, not whether it is worth doing.
Either works. Every program ships with a gym track and a no-equipment track for the same 16 weeks, and you can switch between them mid-program without losing your place.
No, and that matters. A sunken chest and a protruding chest need close to opposite work, and rib flare rides along with both. There is a separate program for each, if you are not sure which you have, the 60-second quiz sorts it out.
Evidence-based, focused, and adapted specifically for the psychology of pectus, four core chapters, plus a daily practice, a 4-week plan and three bonus toolkits.
Why pectus messes with confidence, and why that reaction is documented and normal, not weak. The spotlight effect, the self-worth pie, and the research showing body image is changeable.
Cognitive restructuring adapted for pectus: the catch → challenge → replace loop, the exact thinking traps a pectus chest produces, and a 60-second worksheet.
A gentle exposure ladder out of avoidance, plus specific game plans for the gym locker room, the pool and beach, and dating and intimacy.
How to hold physical correction as a long-term project without it owning your identity, and the self-compassion that makes it sustainable.
All four tools in one under-10-minute daily routine: a morning reframe, standing tall, one brave action, a self-compassion line and a daily win.
A gentle month that builds it into a habit, Week 1 awareness, Week 2 reframe, Week 3 stop hiding, Week 4 compassion and integrate.
Why 10 minutes a day loosens the grip of anxious thoughts, how to start with guided sessions, and how meditation compounds with the CBT work.
Your emergency kit for when panic spikes at the pool or changing room, a 60-second 4-step reset and three lines to keep in your back pocket.
Defuse the comparison machine in your pocket, and learn why a bad day is a Tuesday, not a relapse, with reframes that get you back on track.
Four core chapters, an under-10-minutes-a-day practice, a 4-week plan and three bonus toolkits, evidence-based throughout.
I'm not writing this as a doctor looking at a scan. I had the sunken chest, the flared ribs, the shirt that stayed on at the pool, and nobody could tell me what actually works.
Years of consistent, non-surgical training made mine unnoticeable. Everything on this page exists because I needed it to exist ten years ago.
I tested all of it on my own body first, then refined it every time someone hit a wall I had not planned for.
Featured in Healthline · Level 5 DUKE Institute Certified Personal Trainer (ISSA) · Specialised in pectus excavatum, carinatum and rib flare.
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Thoracic surgeon, founder of the Chest Wall International Group
Not in dollars. In time. Side by side, honestly.
This is education and self-help, not a substitute for clinical care, if you’re struggling badly, please reach out to a mental-health professional.
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The evidence-based confidence program (body-image science, CBT tools, social protocols, a daily practice, a 4-week plan and three bonus toolkits) for a fraction of one therapy session. Instant download, lifetime access.
Try the whole thing for 30 days. Use it, and if it isn't what was described, message me for a full refund, no questions asked. The risk stays with me, not you.
No. It’s evidence-based self-help that adapts well-supported CBT approaches (cognitive restructuring, graded exposure, self-compassion) for pectus body image. It’s a powerful toolkit for most people, but if you’re in real distress, please also work with a qualified mental-health professional.
Four core chapters (body-image science, the CBT thought tools, stop hiding, and the progress mindset), then a daily practice under 10 minutes and a step-by-step 4-week plan, plus three bonus toolkits (meditation, an in-the-moment reset, and comparison/setbacks). You can read it in a sitting, but the value comes from practising it over the following weeks. It’s self-paced and private.
That’s exactly who it’s for. Confidence doesn’t have to wait for full physical correction, the whole point is to rebuild it on a parallel track, starting now, so your mood stops riding on slow progress.
It’s adapted specifically for pectus conditions, the body-image patterns, the avoidance and the correction-journey mindset that come with a visible chest difference. Not recycled generic confidence content.
That situation (shirt off, people around) is one of the core scenarios the exposure work targets. Not with "just be confident" advice, but with a graded ladder you climb at your own pace, plus a 60-second in-the-moment reset for when the panic spikes, so the situation loses its charge step by step.
Yes, there’s a bonus section on meditation and anxiety. Ten minutes a day loosens the grip of anxious thoughts and compounds with the CBT tools, and it walks you through how to actually start (including a free option). It won’t change your chest; it changes how tightly the thoughts about it hold you.
That’s built into the plan. A whole bonus section covers comparison, social media and setbacks, why a bad day is a Tuesday and not a relapse, and gives you the reframes to get back on track without spiralling.
No, positive thinking is exactly the approach that fails with body image. This is structured cognitive work: identifying the specific distorted thoughts pectus produces (mind-reading, spotlight effect, catastrophising), testing them, and retraining the pattern. It’s a method, not a mood.
With the stop-hiding chapter, which starts exactly there. Avoidance shrinks your life a little at a time, mirrors, photos, pools, dating, and the program rebuilds each one gradually. You never jump to the deep end; that’s the point of graded exposure.
Yes, the fear of the shirt coming off in front of someone is one of the most common pectus anxieties, and the program addresses it directly: the anticipation spiral, the disclosure question, and the exposure steps that dissolve it.
No. The cognitive patterns are the same whether you’ve carried them for five years or twenty-five, and the CBT toolset it adapts is evidence-based across ages. Longer-held habits take more repetitions, not a different method.
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Email me inside 30 days and I'll refund you in full. This one deals with how you feel about your chest, and if it lands wrong for you I don't want your money for it.
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P.S. If you've read this far, part of you has already decided. The only thing you can lose by trying is the version of next year where nothing changed. - Mihail
