Be careful hipsters...
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JB at 07.23.09 - 12:55 pm
http://blogs.consumerreports.org/health/2009/07/health-risks-of-skinny-jeans-tight-jeans-nerve-damage-meralgia-paresthetica-.html
...Snug-fitting pants like skinny jeans can cause nerve damage. The condition, called meralgia paresthetica (MP), is caused by pressure on a nerve in the pelvis that causes a painful, burning, tingling thigh.
MP is only one of a host of medical problems that can be set off if you squeeze into skin-tight slacks. Constrictive clothing has been implicated as a cause of bladder infections, vaginal yeast infections, contact dermatitis, and even blood clots in the legs. It can also interfere with motility in the bowels, causing abdominal pain after a meal. In men, it has been suggested to cause genital heat stress and possible fertility problems.
Ironically for those who wear skinny jeans to improve their figure, trauma from too-tight pants can lead to a rare but disfiguring condition called lipoatrophia semicircularis in which mechanical pressure on the thighs can create skin depressions due to atrophy of the subcutaneous tissue. The first report of a case from wearing jeans was in a 19-year-old girl. A year later her 23-year-old sister developed the identical condition because she had started wearing the same discarded pair of jeans!
Here’s one example where we can blame our jeans entirely. Take my advice and ignore this fashion trend....
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