Your Favourite Skinny Jeans Now Come With A Health Warning
Don’t do squats in your skinnies, say doctors...

Don’t do squats in your skinnies, say doctors...
Skinny jean addicts take note: Doctors are issuing a health warning after a 35 year-old Australian woman had to be hospitalised for four days when her calves ballooned.
According to the Journal of Neurology, Neurosurgery and Psychiatry, skinny jeans caused an unidentified woman to develop a condition called compartment syndrome, which leads to swelling and even internal bleeding when a bundle of muscles get trapped.
Remember when our denim motto was the more ‘spray on’ the better? It’s a good job SS15 is all about flares…
The woman, who was moving house and spent hours crouched down and clearing out her cupboards, found that at the end of the day, her feet were numb and she couldn’t walk properly. Ouch.
After they had cut her out of said skinnies, examiners at the Royal Adelaide Hospital found that the woman’s calf muscles were extremely weak, with the nerves becoming damaged as the pressure had built in her lower legs.
Thankfully the woman was put on an intravenous drip and after a few days could walk normally again.
But let this be a lesson to all of us on the health hazards attached to tight clothing. We can only hope that this message reaches those Kardashians in all that bodycon…
Marie Claire Newsletter
Celebrity news, beauty, fashion advice, and fascinating features, delivered straight to your inbox!
-
I'm not buying anything new this party season, I'm renting all the way
The best places to rent party dresses online
By Penny Goldstone
-
Angelina Jolie says she developed bells palsy in the lead up to Brad Pitt divorce
"My body reacts very strongly to stress."
By Lauren Hughes
-
The Royal Family put on a united front as they pose for a new photograph at Buckingham Palace
It comes shortly after Omid Scobie's controversial biography
By Lauren Hughes