All debate about the aesthetic value of skinny jeans aside, doctors have actually found that skinny jeans can cause nerve damage!

...Avitzur said doctors used to see meralgia paresthetica among girdle wearers, but the lycra-infused denim worn by women and young hipster men today has resurrected the fashion-derived pain.

The condition starts when tight-fitting clothing compresses a nerve in the groin close to the skin's surface. Put enough pressure on it, and the whole nerve can begin to react, running from your groin, to your outer thigh and down toward the knee.

"It can feel anywhere from numb to prickly, to a tingle, to burning, to painful or irritating," Avitzur said.

What's worse, even if people throw out the skinny jeans, their pain may linger. "It can take some time for it to dissipate? weeks or months even sometimes, if the damage is extensive," Avitzur said.

Skinny jeans-bearing youth aren't the only ones to suffer from this painful condition. Avitzur said pregnant women and obese people can also suffer from nerve compression. Across the population, Avitzur estimates 4 in 10,000 have suffered....

Get the whole story here:
http://abcnews.go.com/Health/PainNews/story?id=7702398&page=1

So what do you think guys, convinced to throw out your super tight pants yet?

ASSUMING THIS IS TRUE (which i'm not) skinny jeans are not the problem (and i wish people would stop treating them so.) the problem is people who buy skinny jeans so tight you can see their veins.


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4 in 10,000
lol amazing odds there.

ASSUMING THIS IS TRUE (which i'm not) skinny jeans are not the problem (and i wish people would stop treating them so.) the problem is people who buy skinny jeans so tight you can see their veins.


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lol amazing odds there.

Assuming it's true? What, you don't trust doctors? This isn't the only source, all you have to do is google skinny jeans and nerve damage and you'll get a ton of hits.

But by their nature even proper fitting skinny jeans are pretty tight.

Well they're not excessive odds, but why risk it for chronically unflattering and unforgiving pants?

Assuming it's true? What, you don't trust doctors? This isn't the only source, all you have to do is google skinny jeans and nerve damage and you'll get a ton of hits.

But by their nature even proper fitting skinny jeans are pretty tight.

Well they're not excessive odds, but why risk it for chronically unflattering and unforgiving pants?

skinny jeans that fit correctly are not skin tight, like the ones being mentioned in this article. they're form fitting down to the ankle. these (http://www.kindermodehut.nl/wp-content/uploads/mooie-donkere-skinny-jeans.jpg), not tight. these (http://www.craggrossdawson.co.uk/resource/blog/skinnyjeans.jpg), too tight

people that where jeans that cut off their circulation need to die anyway. if you feel cant feel your legs after you remove your jeans, you should have enough sense to realize theyre too damn small for you. i feel very comfortable in my skinny jeans because they fit me well and give my skin enough room to breathe. sometimes i think doctors/researchers only put out this crap to scare people. just listen to your body and use common sense.

Four words to better living: Wear. Clothes. Which. Fit!

All the guys I seem to see wearing super skinny jeans, seem to still keep that weird thing of wearing the waistline halfway down to their knees, which is even more stupid looking than baggy jeans.

As long as you buy clothes that fit, and not try to squeeze into too small things, I don't think it matters at all. If they can't feel their feet, but still wear them, then its their own stupidity anyways.

Gene pool cleansing.

i'm not sure too tight jeans are the whole problem. one of the articles i read involved perfectly healthy women who had jeans that fit just fine.

they've also found that low-rise jeans in general can cause damage by dislocating a bone in the hip.

they're also found problems with flip-flops

the bottom line here is that our clothes are impractical relative to our bodies and what is healthy. this shouldn't surprise anyone though since our whole existence seems to revolve around doing the exact opposite of what would benefit us.

skinny jeans will fade with time as does everything else. until that happens i'll just make sure to wear mine a few times a week instead of 24/7.

ive heard of skinny jeans causing guys sperm count to drop, but not nerve damage.

You know what this broils down to? I'll tell you - a good reason to avoid trends and egregious sartorial faux pas (such as wearing flip-flops anyplace but the beach and the shower)!

Again, wear conservative, becoming, elegant clothing which fits.

To be fair you can't trust most US doctors or scientists as they are as trustworthy as Shipman in most cases.... While you whine about skinnies - which some people do pull off, me being one of them. Heels cause more damage and is more likely to happen but you dont see everyone saying oh let all girls who wear heels die anyway. You cant complain about fashions like skinnies when such things are called fashion as in this decade

HAHAHAHAHA.
Ahah.
Ahaha.

Hang on. Let me recover from the laughing fit i just got from that.

Haha.

Ya thats the biggest bunch of bull. Skinny jeans and tight preppy jeans are no different. theyre jsut as tight, really. I used to wear tight preppy jeans and now i wear skinny jeans cuz im... not... exactly preppy anymore. The only difference is that the skinnies dont flair.
It'd be more reaistic to say they give you cancer, because apparantly everything causes cancer nowadays....

Look at what the world of medicine has come to. Blaming jeans for nerve damage. Thats the stupidest thing ive ever heard of. So watch me NOT get nerve damage from my jeans...

Deuces, && Im out to go ge nerve damage xD

^^ of course you know better than several educated professionals.

your knowledge is baffling :rolleyes:

To be fair you can't trust most US doctors or scientists as they are as trustworthy as Shipman in most cases.... While you whine about skinnies - which some people do pull off, me being one of them. Heels cause more damage and is more likely to happen but you dont see everyone saying oh let all girls who wear heels die anyway. You cant complain about fashions like skinnies when such things are called fashion as in this decade

In your opinion you can't trust US doctors and scientists, I'm sure your nationality has much to do with that. Personally, I'm more inclined to trust doctors of my homeland than of the UK. But seriously, the reasoning behind it makes sense, whether you trust US doctors or not.

And I never said heals didn't. I know they cause problems. There was actually a section about high heal problems linked to the article I posted. But those issues are well known risks of high heal wear. Possible risks of wearing skinny jeans isn't so well known.

Of course I can complain about skinny jeans; high heal and skinny jean risks aren't related.

HAHAHAHAHA.
Ahah.
Ahaha.

Hang on. Let me recover from the laughing fit i just got from that.

Haha.

Ya thats the biggest bunch of bull. Skinny jeans and tight preppy jeans are no different. theyre jsut as tight, really. I used to wear tight preppy jeans and now i wear skinny jeans cuz im... not... exactly preppy anymore. The only difference is that the skinnies dont flair.
It'd be more reaistic to say they give you cancer, because apparantly everything causes cancer nowadays....

Look at what the world of medicine has come to. Blaming jeans for nerve damage. Thats the stupidest thing ive ever heard of. So watch me NOT get nerve damage from my jeans...

Deuces, && Im out to go ge nerve damage xD

Did you even read the article? I'd like to know what information you have to back this up....

And for your information that lack of flair is part of the problem with skinny jeans. That nerve goes all the way down the leg, therefore jeans that are tight down the entire leg is significant.

Did you even read the article? I'd like to know what information you have to back this up....

And for your information that lack of flair is part of the problem with skinny jeans. That nerve goes all the way down the leg, therefore jeans that are tight down the entire leg is significant.

Yah actually i did.
I still think its the stupidest thing ive ever heard. And some people dont understand that skinny jeans arent really that tight at all. Honestly, if you wear pants tight enough to cause this, you deserve nerve damage. But just because theyre skinny doesnt mean theyre suffocating your leg. Unless your my friend Dane. lol. But ya. I see what youre saying. I just dont think skinny jeans can cause nerve damage.

I think the issue is if one's jeans are too tight - thus punishing the nerve with abundant pressure - then problems could occur. 'Skinny' and 'tight' imply different things.. Nothing wrong with skiny jeans, though it's just foolish to overdo the look by wearing 'skinnies' which are too tight ('too' being the key word). Commonsense.

WELL YEAH IT'S TRUE IF YOU'RE A SIZE 6 AND ARE BUYING A SIZE 3

HAHAHAHAHA.
Ahah.
Ahaha.

Hang on. Let me recover from the laughing fit i just got from that.

Haha.

Ya thats the biggest bunch of bull. Skinny jeans and tight preppy jeans are no different. theyre jsut as tight, really. I used to wear tight preppy jeans and now i wear skinny jeans cuz im... not... exactly preppy anymore. The only difference is that the skinnies dont flair.
It'd be more reaistic to say they give you cancer, because apparantly everything causes cancer nowadays....

Look at what the world of medicine has come to. Blaming jeans for nerve damage. Thats the stupidest thing ive ever heard of. So watch me NOT get nerve damage from my jeans...

Deuces, && Im out to go ge nerve damage xD
you have no idea what preppy is.


get out.

ASSUMING THIS IS TRUE (which i'm not) skinny jeans are not the problem (and i wish people would stop treating them so.) the problem is people who buy skinny jeans so tight you can see their veins.


and;

lol amazing odds there.

This.

Who the fuck wears skinny jeans that tight?

If you do, then you deserve nerve damage.

bullshit.
and im sure that report was from people wearing painfully skin-tight jeans for a longer period of time than most people wear their jeans anyway. too much of anything isnt healthy and most people dont stay in the same clothes for more than 24 hours.

4 in 10,000? those are the same odds of wining any pick-4 lottery game.

Having jeans in general that are too tight is tacky anyway. Nobody wants to hear your joints squeaking when you walk.

But if you're wearing skinny jeans that fit properly (you should be able to shove a flat hand up the bottom opening if you have to), then you have nothing to worry about.

There goes American media making a bunch of idiots paranoid about their health. This is, what, like the third time they've gotten us this year? Swine Flufirst , now skinny jeans nerve damage. :rolleyes:

Here are some more "epidemics and plagues" since 2009 started:
http://www.mcall.com/topic/health/epidemics-plagues/07002000.topic

In your opinion you can't trust US doctors and scientists, I'm sure your nationality has much to do with that. Personally, I'm more inclined to trust doctors of my homeland than of the UK. But seriously, the reasoning behind it makes sense, whether you trust US doctors or not.

And I never said heals didn't. I know they cause problems. There was actually a section about high heal problems linked to the article I posted. But those issues are well known risks of high heal wear. Possible risks of wearing skinny jeans isn't so well known.

Of course I can complain about skinny jeans; high heal and skinny jean risks aren't related.

So items of clothing causing you future medical problems doesn't link skinnies to heels? Wow no wonder you have high faith in your scientists... Even the people in your gov's scientists dismiss real theories as bull as they don't have a clue about things. One your people was claiming the fact that plants now help absorb CO2 was a lie but after it was proven without a doubt about there 10percent increase simply said they should look into it after saying it was basically the ramblings of a mad man. Yes there is a level of intel. to believe slightly tight jeans do you damage - thats like saying briefs lower a man's sperm levels, urban myth. If you are wearing skinnies that that i believe it is called paint you are actually wearing on your legs.

lol, it's because most girls wear jeans way too tight for them.

idk about women but with men, we cant wear tight pants. it will decrease our sperm count. thats a proven medical fact.

My god you are an idiot. So many people will state things as fact when they are myths, this is one of such things.

Wearing tight pants/underwear all the time will lower your sperm count, however there is something seriously wrong if one can't produce enough sperm to procreate.

There is a reason why our balls hang off our bodies...

Wearing tight pants/underwear all the time will lower your sperm count, however there is something seriously wrong if one can't produce enough sperm to procreate.

There is a reason why our balls hang off our bodies...

I think that's a proper consequence given people who wear skinny jeans shouldn't procreate.

Ok, maybe not that far, but I hate skinny jeans.

Wearing tight clothing only lowers it for a short time, just like hot showers and baths only lower it for a short time. Now if you never took off the tight clothing and i do mean never then only then will it be enough to worry about. It is amusing when you see things claimed as facts being thrown around when little truth is held in them

Wearing tight clothing only lowers it for a short time, just like hot showers and baths only lower it for a short time. Now if you never took off the tight clothing and i do mean never then only then will it be enough to worry about. It is amusing when you see things claimed as facts being thrown around when little truth is held in them

That's exactly what the hell I said.

"Wearing tight pants/underwear all the time will lower your sperm count..."

You're so busy defending your tight ass pants that you can't see that some of us have common sense.

There is a big difference between wearing tight skinnies all the time and never taking them off. Wearing them all the time is more often a reference to putting a pair on every day. Where as never taking them off.. i can assume you understand what
Is coming next for that sentence seeing as you are so smart. My skinnies are not tight enough to do the nerve damage anyway as i cant find skinnies that small that are able to be worn for men. I can still get hands up the legs and down the waist so if these jeans can do the damage then so can straight cuts! Next they will say hats cause sloped foreheads and you'll believe it as you wont actually question the if's but's and circumstances!

No, you are implying that I'm claiming it'll significantly lower one's sperm count. A healthy male can recover fine and most people don't wear tight pants and underwear 24/7. Because that's what it'll take to literally kill off sperm.

This bsounds like something my grandma tells me. Lmfao. Im not changing from skinny jeans. I love them :3 levis 510 super skinny :3

You are the one claiming that it as enough of a problem to mention, if you want to throw things like that in put a lil more detail it so you dont come off as an idiot or a scare monger- there is enough of both those in the global warmists camp so it is nice to avoid the numbers being bigger. Plus i'm sure if you jeans are tight enough to do damage you feel it hurts and take them off and get looser pairs- if you dont you need to be a para or a complete idiot, either way your legs dont matter.

I find them dangerous either way. I just can't wear them. Don't know how any guy can. I sit down, and things become crushed.

that could probably happen with any super tight fitting jeans or shorts.
not just skinny jeans.
ive never had any problems with my jeans ever.
people just need to buy things that fit.

You are the one claiming that it as enough of a problem to mention, if you want to throw things like that in put a lil more detail it so you dont come off as an idiot or a scare monger- there is enough of both those in the global warmists camp so it is nice to avoid the numbers being bigger. Plus i'm sure if you jeans are tight enough to do damage you feel it hurts and take them off and get looser pairs- if you dont you need to be a para or a complete idiot, either way your legs dont matter.

I didn't put emphasis on anything but the fact that wearing tight pants and underwear all the time is clinically proven to lower ones sperm count. It's not a scare tactic. It's the truth. The testicles have to hang off the body at some point of the day.

I'm assuming the average person who chooses to wear skinny jeans and tight fitting underwear aren't wearing them 24/7 in order for serious damage to occur to the core temperature in our balls.

I meant that the first time, but once again, you're so busy defending your tight ass pants that you won't even accept the possible (and proven) risks that can occur.

i have worn FITTED skinny jeans before, and they still feel like they are cutting off circulation by the end of the day. by fitted, i mean i went to a tailor and had them size me and tell me wut to buy, which i then came back and for good measure had them fitted perfect. skinnys are comfortable, but at the end of the day, the area behind my knees hurts and is raw and right there feels like im not getting blood, even though i can easily slide a hand to that area and rub it under my jeans *if i stick my hand down my pants* or go through the bottom and rub it. i have also noticed my stretch marks have become alot worse since i started wearing skinny jeans... =/

depends do u wear skin tight jeans or fitted ones, u should probably find ur size not squeeze ur self into size zero's xx

Why would someone want to wear skinny jeans anyway? They're super ugly and look uncomfortable...

YOUR ASS DOES NOT FIT, UGLYSCENEBOY.

i think its ridiculous that they are blaming nerve loss or whatever on jeans?
honestly. maybe if half of america wasnt so fat and moved thie fat as sses around everyonce in a while then maybe they wouldnt be having nerve lose.
adn its not just the fat ppl. if they are saying ppl who are not fat have the same problem its because you can still be lazy as hell and still be skinny.
its not the jeans its the fact that our society is lazy that is to blame for all their health issues.
and skinny jeans are cute but only on the right ppl/ body type.

This thread died long ago guys, let it RIP.