Skinny Jeans Can Lead to Nerve and Muscle Damage, Doctors Say
Source: ABC News
The doctors from the Royal Adelaide Hospital in Adelaide, Australia said as the woman walked home her legs were so numb that at one point she tripped and fell and was unable to get up for hours until help arrived. At the hospital, doctors had to cut the jeans off because they were so tight and found that she had severe weakness in her ankles because her leg nerves had been damaged.
Doctors were surprised to find that squatting in the tight jeans had lead to compartment syndrome, a dangerous condition where an injury leads to swelling of the muscle or nerves that is constrained by a layer of tissue called the fascia. As the swelling continues the fascia is unable to expand and eventually the muscle and nerves can be injured as blood flow is cut off.
Dr. Roy Buchinsky, Director of Wellness at the University Hospitals Case Medical Center in Cleveland, said people should be aware of the red flags of numbness and tingling, which signal pressure is already building in the limb.
“Once the leg starts to swell, the train has left the station,” said Buchinsky. “That’s the sign the muscles are really going to be inflamed and the pressure is way too much.”
Read more: http://abcnews.go.com/Health/fashion-victims-skinny-jeans-led-dangerous-compartment-syndrome/story?id=31965813
Severe cases may require amputation!
Hipsters, beware!
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my testicles 
Seriously, I don't know how guys where those things.
you won't have much problem breathing.
yikes and what was worse was a massive case of camel toe
what a moose knuckle is.
I used to think tight jeans made me look cool wow was I wrong....am so glad I stopped drinking
