Be Warned: 5 Fashion items that pose health risks

Tarandip Kaur

29 Jun 2015

updated the 6 October 2015 à 23:02

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Sunglasses without UV protection
Over the last couple of seasons, sunglasses have become an ubiquitous accessory. However, beyond being a fashion statement, sunglasses are meant to protect your eyes from harmful UV rays. So if you're wearing one that's run of the mill and comes with little or no UV protection, then your eyes are not going to be adequately shielded from the blazing rays.
The solution: Always ensure that you get your sunglasses from a reputable source, which you can trust for coating their sunglasses with UVA & UVB protection.
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Heels
While they may look pretty and elongate your legs, wearing high heels for long hours may cause damage to your feet by throwing your center of gravity way off. From causing adverse effects to your posture to weaking the muscles and shortening the Achilles tendon, trust us there's more harm to wearing high heels than not.
The solution: Simple. Wear more flats and only bust out the heels for special occasions. Also choose moderate height that'll position your feet at a more suitable angle than sky high ones.
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Skinny jeans
Tight jeans can lead to tissue compression and eventually damage nerves responsible for touch and pain sensations in your upper legs, known as Meralgia paraesthetica. And this can be further exacerbated by wearing high heels.
The solution: Switch out your overly constricting jeans and pants for something looser. Afterall, boyfriend jeans and wide legged pants are in trend so you won't look out of place. Alternatively, wear skinny jeans for a limited number of hours only.
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Handbags
When it comes to handbags, we're notorious for stuffing them to the brim with everything and anything. That only causes the weight of the bag to increase unnecessarily. Also, since we tend to tote it one side, that adds unwanted strain and pressure to the muscles on that side. Moreover, heavy bags that you carry over your shoulder could cause back pains and spinal misalignment as well.
The solution: Simply ensure you don't overpack your bag or go with a smaller one just in case.
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Lingerie
Wearing the wrong kind of bra or one that doesn't fit well could result in adverse effects on your neck, shoulder and back. If you have one that does not give you adequate support in front, you would realise that this brings your upper back forward and to re-balance, you would have to tilt your head backwards. Or your bra may be too tight around the ribs - all of which would cause problems on breathing as well.
The solution: Get your bras properly fitted and only wear one with good support to your chest.

Avoid becoming a fashion victim and take note of these wardrobe items that could potentially become health hazards.

Perhaps you would have heard your mothers often say that ‘beauty is pain’, and well that could not be more true when last week, a lady found herself in the hospital from wearing skinny jeans. The 35 year-old Australian woman fell to the ground after losing feeling in her legs, as she was apparently squatting for several hours in tight fitting denim jeans.

Literally deemed a fashion victim, doctors have officially gotten us nervous about the next time we decide to walk out in a pair of skinny pants. However, beyond our favourite skinnys, other fashion items stocked in our closets could potentially become perilous to our health as well.

So to put perspective on some of fashion’s biggest trends and their potentially adverse effects, we’ve rounded up 5 items that you should definitely take more note of before stepping out of your house.

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