June 5, 2009
do these jeans make my ass look numb?
Super-skinny jeans are causing bouts of meralgia paresthetica, or tingling thigh syndrome — a constriction of the lateral femoral cutaneous nerve — in women across the country.
Of course, this isn’t the first time that blue jeans have been considered a health hazard. The super low-rise jeans that were especially popular in the late 90s and early 2000s were also linked to meralgia paresthetica. And in the 1970s, rumors circulated of snug jeans causing infertility in men and yeast infections in women.
But there’s hope.
“Have you heard of these things — they’re called jeggings? Or treggings?” she asks. She’s talking about a type of leggings made to look like super-tight jeans. “I haven’t tried them yet, but people are saying they’re comfortable.”
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There is a difference between legitimately close-fitting jeans and those that are likely to necessitate amputation. All it takes to recognize it is a little bit of honesty in the dressing room.
And no, they probably didn’t sew the wrong tag into it. Sorry.