An American woman landed in the hospital after her skinny jeans left her without sensation in her legs says a news headline. Wearing skinny jeans could cause nerve damage in your legs says another news headline. That brings us to the question: is skinny jeans a danger to your health?
Skinny jeans can make your legs slimmer (check), it enhances your height if you’re short (awesome), it makes your bottom sexy (great), it exhibits your fashion sense (check), it drives you the attention you want (splendid), etc. Really, these are the reasons many people choose to wear skinny jeans but they don’t consider the other facts. Your health is or should be your number one priority, how about putting away that skinny jeans for the following reasons?
- The tightness of the skinny jeans will cause yeast infection
- The tightness of the skinny jeans can affect the blood circulation system in your body.
- It will cause nerve damage and you will begin to feel numb in your legs hereby risking a permanent damage to your nerves.
- It will cause testicular torsion in the spermatic cord if there is no room to move around in the jeans, hence cutting off the blood supply in your testicles.
- It has been linked to low sperm count and as funny as this may sound, it’s so true. Many men have experienced bladder problems as a result of this, increasing the risk of fungal.
- You will stand the risk of having a twisted testicle.
“There are truly daily reports of people injuring themselves with efforts to rein their bodies in this way or that – working out past the point where proper form is possible, putting food or medications in our bodies that make us ill, wearing clothing that causes pain, or at times, permanent damage.” Says a clinical psychologist.
Enough said. The wise who considers their health a priority will adhere to this.