stretchable material s described above the shapewear garment 440 further includes a plurality of seams 460 reference no 460 is not connected to all the seams but rather is intended to indicate an example of the seams which connect the overlapping layers of material and create zones 401 424 and 501 524 therebetween the various zones differ by the number of layers of material provided within each zone the level of compression provided in each zone the level of appetite control each zone may apply and or the level of temperature such as a cooling effect each zone provides for example as depicted in fig3 c each zone 416 424 includes a different number of layers of material indicated by the number in parentheses in each zone in addition the shapewear garment 440 includes an outer edge 470 positioned along the openings for the legs around the waistline near or above around the navel area of the wearer fig2 d and 3d further illustrate a removable panty shield 260 360 which can be removably attached to a crotch portion 261 361 of the shapewear garment 240 340 the shield 260 360 may be made of any biocompatible material in embodiments the shield 260 360 may be made of cotton and or any material suitable for absorbing moisture and or fluids the shield is intended to.