Costs of keeping up with fashion
Sometimes our choice in fashion can be hazardous to our health.
COST OF KEEPING UP WITH FASHION AND LOOKING ATTRACTIVE. Rhonda: AND NOT COST IN TERMS OF MONEY BUT THE COST TO YOUR HEALTH. AND THE CONSEQUENCES OF ALL THOSE BEAUTIFUL FINDS YOU LIKE TO BUY. SOMETIMES OUR CHOICE IN FASHION CAN BE HAZARDOUS TO OUR HEALTH. LET'S TAKE HIGH HEELS. THEY START TO GET OVER TWO INCHES, YOU START TO RUN INTO ALL KINDS OF FOOD PROBLEMS, RANGING FROM HAMMER TOES TO NERVE DAMAGE AND EVEN PROBLEMS IN THE LEGS. Rhonda: SO WEAR THEM IN MODERATION. MANY OF US WEAR SKINNY JEANS, BUT DON'T GET THEM TOO TIGHT. YOU CAN SEE STOMACH PROBLEMS LIKE BLOATING, INDIGESTION AND HEARTBURN AND NERVES GETTING PINCHED AND IRRITATED, CAUSING BURNING, NUMBNESS, SENSITIVITY CHANGES IN THE THIGHS. Rhonda: AND WHAT ABOUT WHAT YOU WEAR UNDER THE JEANS? IF IT'S A THONG, YOU'RE PROBABLY OKAY IF IT'S NOT TOO UNCOMFORTABLE. BUT WHAT YOUR UNDERWEAR IS MADE OF IS MORE A CONCERN. SILK OR BREATHABLE COTTON THAT DOESN'T TRAP HUMIDITY. Rhonda: GANGELING EARRINGS CAN ELONGATE THE HOLE IN YOUR EAR. AND IF THEY GET CAUGHT ON SOMETHING, IT CAN TEAR YOUR EAR EARLOBE. WEAR THEM FOR A SHORT PERIOD OF TIME AND BE SMART. LOOKING GOOD WITHOUT DAMAGING YOUR BODY IS THE KEY. Rhonda: WHEN IS THE LAST TIME YOU WORE A TWO-INCH HEEL? Ashlee: PROBABLY WHEN I WAS 12, THAT'S ALL MY MOM WOULD LET ME WEAR. THESE ARE MY SHORTEST HEELS,
