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Business News/ Photos / Skinny jeans and other fashion accessories that can harm you

Skinny jeans and other fashion accessories that can harm you

Although high heels and corsets have always been in vogue, they are on the doctors' list of complete no-nos. However, fashionistas still wear them the world over. Some of these wardrobe choices can prove to be hazardous to your health. Take a look-

Skinny jeans: An Australian woman recently got hospitalized for four days because of squatting in skinny jeans for several hours. Blood circulation to her legs stopped and the jeans had to be ‘cut out’ from her swollen legs. AFP

1/5Skinny jeans: An Australian woman recently got hospitalized for four days because of squatting in skinny jeans for several hours. Blood circulation to her legs stopped and the jeans had to be ‘cut out’ from her swollen legs. AFP

High heels: Joint pain, twisted ankles, back pain—the hazards of wearing high heels are many. Naomi Campbell’s platform mishap in 1993, when she tumbled on the Vivienne Westwood catwalk & Carrie Underwood’s onstage ankle injury in 2013 should suffice as examples. Reuters

2/5High heels: Joint pain, twisted ankles, back pain—the hazards of wearing high heels are many. Naomi Campbell’s platform mishap in 1993, when she tumbled on the Vivienne Westwood catwalk & Carrie Underwood’s onstage ankle injury in 2013 should suffice as examples. Reuters

Oversized handbags: Large designer bags are in big time. But carrying one on your shoulders or in the crook of your arm, like Victoria Beckham is often seen doing, can cause you to develop Poshitis—a condition of repetitive strain injury in the tendons and muscles. Reuters

3/5Oversized handbags: Large designer bags are in big time. But carrying one on your shoulders or in the crook of your arm, like Victoria Beckham is often seen doing, can cause you to develop Poshitis—a condition of repetitive strain injury in the tendons and muscles. Reuters

Corsets: Weight-training alert! Corsets can do way more damage than they do good. Kim Kardashian will have you believe in their benefit in enhancing your figure, but they can lead to breathing problems apart from the massive discomfort of wearing them. Reuters

4/5Corsets: Weight-training alert! Corsets can do way more damage than they do good. Kim Kardashian will have you believe in their benefit in enhancing your figure, but they can lead to breathing problems apart from the massive discomfort of wearing them. Reuters

Jewellery: Yes, the innocent earrings you’ve worn for years can prove to be dangerous. A 2012 study by the Ecology Center, Michigan had found that costume jewellery can contain high levels of unsafe chemicals including lead, chromium and nickel.

5/5Jewellery: Yes, the innocent earrings you’ve worn for years can prove to be dangerous. A 2012 study by the Ecology Center, Michigan had found that costume jewellery can contain high levels of unsafe chemicals including lead, chromium and nickel.

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