Many people wear fashionable cloths and shoes despite discomfort. But sometimes this habit can lead to serious medical problems. Wearing of super tight, skinny jeans can lead to a temporary bout of a nerve condition called meralgia paresthetica, also known as "tingling thigh syndrome."

Generally construction workers or police officers with heavy, low-slung belts, pregnant women or obese people have to face this problem. But in last few years there has been an increase in number of healthy young women suffering from this problem because of wearing tight jeans. It has also being found that a pair of sky-high heels further amplifies the risk.

Dr. John England, a New Orleans neurologist and a member of the American Academy of Neurology explained that the nerve, in some people, is susceptible to compression. The femoral cutaneous nerve runs from the outside of the pelvis and through the thigh. It is a pure sensory nerve - it doesn't go to muscles or provide strength. Anything that is tight around there could potentially compress the nerve that goes there.

Dr. William Madosky, a chiropractic physician in Richmond Heights, Mo., says that high heels increase the chance for the numbing sensation because the teetering shoes tilt the pelvis forward, increasing the pressure on the nerve.