The FINANCIAL — Fashionable, popular and in-demand skin tight jeans can be dangerous for your health, doctors say. It can give you an amazing silhouette and can squeeze you to the limit at the same time.
Skinny jeans could be the culprit of nerve damage however. The syndrome is called Meralgia Paraesthetica and causes a tingling and burning feeling in the legs. The symptoms are caused by the pressure that the tight jeans put on the legs. Doctors say that the latest fashion victims from skinny jeans are facing a real health concern.
“The condition starts when too-tight jeans compress a nerve that cuts off sensation to the thigh. When the pressure is removed and the wearing of tight jeans is reduced, the nerves will recover,” said Giorgi Giorgobiani, Aversi Clinical Director. “I am talking about a nerve that runs through the groin called the femoral cutaneous nerve. With tight clothing, even tight jeans, it can become numb down the thighs and into the buttocks. Lower extremities or limbs, such as shins and hips are called a second heart. They provide blood circulation, blood going back to the heart,” Giorgobiani added.
“Imagine the vein that takes blood from the toe to the heart. For this circulation an elastic wall of blood vessels should be free. If something tightens or disturbs them, the vessels can not move freely and this will cause different problems. Not only blood vessels, but muscles are important too as they participate in the blood circulation process. It is unacceptable to compress blood vessels and muscles. In men’s cases tight jeans restrict blood flow and increase body temperature which kills sperm. Tight jeans, shoes, underwear, and tight clothes in general are not recommended by doctors,” he added.
Skinny jeans and high heels are the daily uniform for 19 year old Eliso. She is a fan of tight jeans and thinks they are the hottest piece of clothing ever. “It makes me look sexier. I prefer tight fitted clothes generally. I am not comfortable wearing baggy trousers, but I prefer to wear looser clothing on top. Despite the fact that I know it might cause health problems I always wear tight jeans,” said Eliso.
People sometimes buy things that they know are going to hurt them when they know they are going to look good in them. In the case of skinny jeans, they have a huge number of fans around the world. Whether you love them or loathe them, they are everywhere. Comfortable, durable and versatile jeans can be found in almost every designer’s clothing collection. Georgian designers still refuse to produce jeans. They think that producing jeans is non profitable in Georgia.
“The reason why I don’t use jeans in my collection is not that they might cause health problems. I would encounter financial problems in producing jeans in Georgia,” said Tamuna Elizbarashvili, Designer. “They need a special machine which is expensive to buy. When you have this machine you have to produce a large quantity of jeans. So what happens if they aren’t sold. If, for example, you do not buy this machine and just order your collection to be made in Turkey, the same quantity must be made. It is nonsense to order less than thousands of jeans there,” she added.
It was found out that Georgian designers don’t have this special machine, but sometimes use jeans in their collections. Tamuna Elizbarashvili explains that only some denim details can be used in such cases. “Making jeans without the special machine means you do not have real jeans. They need special stitches, a special machine, and a long term process,” she added.
Tamuna Ingorokva is one of the designers who uses jeans in her collections. She doesn’t think her jeans are dangerous for the health. The designer has said that if people wear their correct size of trousers, they won’t cause any problems. “Perhaps it is true that people suffer for fashion and don’t pay adequate attention to their health. But I do not think that skinny jeans are dangerous. It is only a design, a form of jeans. If you wear a smaller size of jeans than your real measurements, then that might restrict movement of course,” said Ingorokva. “In my collection, I used jeans, dresses, jackets. It was beautiful collection, but did not sell well. So many jeans are imported in Georgia that people unfortunately do not buy from local designers,” she added.
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