Recently, Maggi, which was the favourite food of the fast forward people in the city, has grabbed all the headlines for all the wrong reasons. The health hazard, the two minute noodles has created for its fans was blown out of proportion. Now, that the easy cooking food is banned to be in the market.

Fashion is the buzz word for the teenagers and skinny Jeans has become a trend among the girls. No doubt, a jeans paired with short tees or tops adds to one’s chic look. It is found that wearing this type of pants on a regular basis can result in extreme health issues.

Doctors are warning the potential risks of wearing skinny jeans after they have received a complaint from a woman, who was suffering from muscle and nerve damage after wearing tight pair of pants for a long period.

The unidentified 35-year-old woman had come to the hospital with a complaint of ankle weakness and swelling in her lower legs. She “recalled that her jeans had felt increasingly tight and uncomfortable during the day”. The doctors had to cut the jeans off her, because they were so tight and found that she had severe weakness in her ankles because her leg nerves had been damaged.

Doctors while investigating the case came to a conclusion that she was suffering from ‘compartment syndrome’, a crucial condition where an injury leads to swelling of the muscle or nerves that is restricted by a layer of tissue called the fascia.

Dr. Roy Buchinsky, Director of Wellness at the University Hospitals Case Medical Center in Cleveland said fascia surgery is one of the solutions for women suffering from inflamed muscles. He added that in severe cases, amputation has to be done to treat the patient.

The modern era has made people lazy to cook their own food, by providing easy to cook and ready to eat packet foods. On the other side fashion has entered into the head of the teenagers and made them diet for ‘0’ size. They are prompted to wear tight dresses to showcase their curves in the name of fashion. All these trends have made humans to own treasure of ailments to carry on throughout their life.

So, let’s expect that after Maggi, now the next thing to ban is the trendy skinny jeans.

By Premji