The pain of a bad back or a very sore neck sometimes requires the sufferer to wear functional but pretty ugly braces. One of our nurse case managers was recently involved in a motor vehicle accident and is forced to wear one of these functional, but ugly support devices.  We have been threatening to get the Bedazzler after her brace!

Francesca Lanzavecchia (Italy)‘s ProAsthetics Support offers not just support but her designs are also easy on the eye.

Her range of fashionable back braces incorporate lace, leather, color and even colorful patterns. They’re so stylish, they could pass as corsets. She really wanted to transform back braces into “objects of desire”. Some are designed to be worn on the outside – the body hugging pink brace even has some handy pockets.

The neck braces could be lacy or extremely lightweight when made with only the barest of wire cages. But the most useful might be the white foam unisex neck brace which has a space to hold cell phones when in use!

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