These are very soft and stretchy, which doesn’t lend itself to being compression. My problem area is my lower stomach so I was looking for something that would “hold me in” a bit, but still be comfortable to wear around the house or to work out. These are just too stretchy to provide any support in that way. I was hesitant about the L/XL sizing as I am not a large, usually wear a 16 in jeans, but as I said very stretchy. They go up higher than most high waisted shorts, which was nice. I really wanted the pockets for slipping my phone in, they are deep enough for my large iPhone to fit securely. The inseam is longer than I was looking for, I went by the visuals and was looking for something just a little longer than typical to hopefully avoid tugging them down and they go to my knee caps. I am not happy with that fit but it’s a personal preference not a flaw of the shorts. I’m 5’2” not particularly short legged but I’m shorter. Most never seem to be as long as they claim, these are! Great deal but sadly I’ll be returning as they don’t provide that bit of support and are too long.