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Skinny Jeans Can Be Bad For Your Health

It’s a fashion trend that we’re seeing everywhere, at the mall, at work, and at school. we’re talking about skinny jeans.

They can be flattering, but if you’re not careful, they can also be harmful to your health.

Doctors say you have to be careful and really weigh the price of looking good, to the price of good health. If they’re too tight, they can cause nerve damage.

Dr. Karen Boyle with GBMC says, “this disorder is called meralgia paresthetica and it’s a disorder that occurs when one of the nerves that runs in the outer part of a thigh gets compressed. the pressure on it causes symptoms of tingling, numbness and pain in the outer part of the thigh.”

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