Doctors have issued a health alert over skinny jeans, after it was found that they can seriously damage muscles and nerves.
The Journal of Neurology, Neurosurgery and Psychiatry reported that a 35-year-old woman was forced to be cut out of her skinny jeans after her calves doubled in size.
Doctors think the woman developed a condition called compartment syndrome, which was worsened by her jeans. She spent several hours squatting while helping a relation to move house in Australia, but later lost sensation in her legs and had difficulty walking.
She tripped and fell and was unable to get up, before being found hours later when she was taken to Royal Adelaide Hospital. Doctors found that her muscles and nerves were damaged, and her legs swollen.
While the woman was squatting, the skinny jeans stopped her calves from being able to swell outwards, instead forcing them to compress downwards and to crush the nerves.
She was placed on an intravenous drip and was unable to walk unaided for four days.
Scary!
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