Beware, skinny jeans wearers. Apparently, you can suffer health repercussions if your pants are overly tight. Now, I never heard of this either. But according to MSNBC, it's called "meralgia paresthetica, also known as 'tingling thigh syndrome.'"
"Typically, sufferers of the nerve condition include construction workers or police officers with heavy, low-slung belts, pregnant women or obese people; it also can result from a pulled-tight seat belt in a car accident.But over the last several years, experts say they’ve been seeing more young women at a healthy weight complain of symptoms. The culprit: too-tight jeans." -- MSNBC
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