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Skinny jeans, skinnies, slim-fit pants, cigarette pants, pencil pants, tight pants and drain pipes – all these names denote the same insanely popular garment that clings to your legs in a snug fit and accentuates their shape.
Skinny jeans are a fashion trend that refuses to fizzle out. Even hipster icon Russell Brand, America’s sweetheart Emma Stone and the Duchess of Cambridge Kate Middleton can be seen sporting a pair every now and then.
The style transitioned in so smoothly that most of us can hardly recall the first time we slipped out of our straight-fit pants and adorned a flattering pair of skinnies.
Contrary to their name, they come in all shapes and sizes. You can wear them casually or pair them with a fancy top and accessories.
Beside their fabulous appearance, they’re available in a range of prices that fit everyone’s budget.
All these factors contribute to the never-diminishing appeal of skinny jeans.
However, here’s a less talked about aspect of skinny jeans: How does their tight fit affect your body and health?
Yes, skinny jeans are responsible for icky, sweaty legs and may often be uncomfortable on the waist.
However, these slight discomforts wane in the face of the real damage they are capable of causing.
Skinny Jeans & Your Health – A Case Study
Earlier in the year, a 35-year-old Australian woman experienced some health complications from wearing a pair of too-tight skinny jeans and had to be taken to the hospital, according to a 2015 study published in the Journal of Neurology, Neurosurgery and Psychiatry.
The woman had been helping a relative move from one home to another. She had been in a squatting position for many hours, emptying cupboards and moving stuff around.
As the day passed and she continued her work, her jeans started to feel excessively uncomfortable, restrictive and tight.
When she was walking back home in the evening, she began experiencing numbness in her lower legs and feet. She also experienced bilateral foot drop, a condition in which a person is unable to lift the front of their foot off the ground and experiences extreme difficulty walking.
As a result, she tripped and fell. Unable to move her feet, ankles and legs, she laid on the ground for hours before she was discovered and taken to a hospital.
Medical Examination & Results
When the woman reached the hospital, her legs were so swollen that the jeans had to be cut off in order to be removed.
Upon examination, the doctors discovered excessive swelling of the lower legs. They found impairment of toe and ankle function along with extreme weakness in these areas. A loss of sensation on the sides of the lower legs, as well as the tops and soles of both feet, was reported.
A CT scan of the legs showed that the calf muscle appeared “hypo-attenuated”, a condition in which a part of the body appears darker in an X-ray because it has suffered a stroke or trauma and damage of some kind.
The peroneal and tibial nerves are a group of nerves that supply movement and sensation to the toes, feet, calf muscles and lower legs through electrical signals. The scan revealed these electrical signals were blocked, rendering the legs and feet numb and immobile.
A Tight Pair of Jeans – The Culprit
Maintaining a squatting position for so long, and without a break, compressed the nerves in the lower leg and severely damaged them.
Furthermore, the tight-fit, skinny jeans exacerbated the situation, allowing no room for the muscles and legs to breathe. This inhibited blood flow to the lower leg muscles, leading to extreme pressure and swelling in the muscles that further compressed the nerves.
Sometimes, surgery is the only option to relieve this extreme pressure, by cutting open the fascia tissue that acts as a protective layer over the muscles.
It took the woman four days to fully recover and walk again.
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Read full article: Doctors Warn that Skinny Jeans may be Harmful for Your Health
Mandy Maner
May 13. 2016
I SURVIVED THE 80’s
Bonnie Stanley Perkins
May 13. 2016
I remember putting on a too tight pair of panty hose once and immediately had majorly severe pain in my thighs and calves, took them off asap and I was in pain the rest of the day. Crazy, and it never happened again from tight jeans though.
Kimberly A Crumpler Cuddie
May 13. 2016
Stupid
Julie Beal
May 14. 2016
Sonnet-Hope
Kimberly Dillion
May 14. 2016
I love my skinny jeans!!!
Loretta Johnston
May 15. 2016
True ….especially if you already have health issues .
Patricia Purkiss
May 15. 2016
Haaaaaa
Raven Hardy
May 16. 2016
Rotflmbo..dont blame the jeans.blame the woman who bought them too tight!!!
Kay McNally Francavilla
May 18. 2016
They can give me bladder infections!
Kathie Bourdier
May 19. 2016
And that is exactly why I wear “fat” jeans.
Piedad Medina
May 21. 2016
I got an idea. Lets dress them sagging to show all those guys that think it’s cool how disgusting the look
Patricia Climie
Jun 05. 2016
i wont have that problem..lol
Karin Pasnak
Jun 07. 2016
I am so glad when skinny jeans are out of Fashion, They don’t look bad on very slim females, but for us who have a few extra pounds they look hideous. Like a stuffed sausage. lol
Gina Ricci Muscarella
Jun 09. 2016
That’s exactly the problem!
Faraz Jafri
Jun 12. 2016
Lol
Janice Perkins Elms
Jun 14. 2016
Randi ElizabethTabithaa Dawn
Desiree White
Jun 15. 2016
Robyn Pitcher
Tanya Sappleton
Jun 17. 2016
Remember those days Nicholis Sappleton
Alvina Stuart
Jun 21. 2016
What next
Sharon Scarlett
Jun 22. 2016
Wow
Patricia Murphy
Jul 21. 2016
I wear them all the time… I am ok though because I am so much skinnier than my skinny jeans that I need a belt to hold them up… sigh
Josh Martinez
Jul 22. 2016
That’s only if your wearing the wrong size I assume
Shar Campbell
Sep 11. 2016
bs , Dr.s recommend tight hoserie for veis
Shar Campbell
Sep 11. 2016
doctors recommend tight panty hose for veins
Eleonor Ecaldre Mortil
Sep 11. 2016
Pam Mortil
Karen Chery Successful Clnc
Oct 14. 2016
I thought this was common sense, I didn’t even have to see this article. Skinny jeans are very unnatural. But women dont think, just follow like sheep
Extreme Natural Health News
Feb 06. 2017
Thanks Sue! 😉
Herminia Farinha
Feb 06. 2017
Love the doctors non since warnings but the ones they should talk about they shut up.
Elizbeth Mitchell
Feb 07. 2017
I keep waiting for them to go out of style…i like them ok but id like to be able to find boot cuts and boyfriend jeans too at some point.
Jorja Howland Kani
Feb 07. 2017
Try buying to fit not to squeeze your$#%&!@*to get into.
People Regaining Their Health Pics
Nov 01. 2017
Tremendous very informative I love
Oil Supplements
Nov 01. 2017
Needs to be thought over