Are tight-fitting skinny jeans a health risk?

Australian woman hospitalised after her skinny jeans contributed to a nerve blockage in her legs

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The trend for tight-fitting jeans has become a "fashion staple for modern women", according to the Daily Telegraph, but now doctors are warning that in certain cases, skinny jeans can damage nerves and muscles.

The health warning came after a 35-year-old Australian woman was found lying on the ground unable to get up and had to be cut out of her jeans after her calves "ballooned in size", researchers said in the Journal of Neurology, Neurosurgery and Psychiatry.

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