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In the early 1970s, Gene Burkard, a gay former airman turned entrepreneur, slightly retooled a medical garment called a suspensory into a “jock sock.”

Some surgeons will also cut the suspensory ligament.

Sesamoid bones provide anchor points for the two branches of the suspensory ligament.

She held that tense, almost fetal position for a suspensory moment—then broke down.

First, surgeons sever the organ’s suspensory ligament, causing it to hang an inch or two lower, giving the impression of extra length.