Clothes Make the Fashion Victims

A recent WSJ article connected our health to our fashions (every time I hear the word "fashion" I think of Marlo from RHOA, LOL). I know I am guilty of indulging in a few harmful trends. Skinny jeans and high heel shoes are my weakness. Check out the list and join me over in the guilty corner :)
 
Tight jeans: Squeezing into matchstick jeans with cheese-stick legs cannot only cause nerve compression, it can interfere with digestion, as the Archives of Internal Medicine noted in 1993. Over the years, jean styles have gotten even skinnier and have also been blamed for lower back pain, yeast infections in women and a rare condition called lipoatrophia semicircularis*, in which horizontal lesions appear around the thighs.

Undergarments: Lingerie experts say 75% of women wear the wrong size bra. A bra that is too big gives no support, which can cause breast pain and back strain. One that is too tight could presumably cut into the flesh.

Shoes: Heels higher than two inches have been linked to bunions, hammer toes, stress fractures and ankle sprains. Other ailments include "pump bumps" (bony protrusions on the back of heels), Morton's neuroma** (an injury to the nerve between the toes) and Freiberg infraction (in which some foot bones die due to lack of circulation.)

Handbags, hair extensions, and even body piercing are mention in the article. Click the link below to read more:
Tight Ties, Killer Heels: Clothes Make the Fashion Victims - WSJ.com


*Lipoatrophia semicircularis - (also known as "Semicircular lipoatrophy") is a medical condition in humans, commonly known as ribbed thighs.It consists of a semicircular zone of atrophy of the subcutaneous fatty tissue located mostly on the front of the thighs. Skin and underlying muscles remains intact. Semicircular lipoatrophy mainly affects office workers. The ribs in the thighs are typically between 2 to 4 cm high and are typically located at about 72 cm above the ground, which is the standard height of office furniture.
**Morton's neuroma - (also known as Morton's metatarsalgia, Morton's neuralgia, plantar neuroma and intermetatarsal neuroma) is a benign neuroma of an intermetatarsal plantar nerve, most commonly of the third and fourth intermetatarsal spaces. This problem is characterised by pain and/or numbness, sometimes relieved by removing footwear.

Health or fashion? Is it really that hard of a decision?