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It can hurt your bowels. Those with functional bowel disorders and irritable bowel syndrome should wear shapewear with caution.

“In someone who has weakness down below and a tendency towards incontinence,” Dr. Kuemmerle explains, “increasing intra-abdominal pressure can certainly provoke episodes of incontinence.”

It can hurt your legs and circulation. According to Dr. Erickson, sitting in shapewear can lead to a reversible condition called meralgia paresthetica, which can lead to tingling, numbness and pain in your legs.

“It’s like putting these giant rubber bands around your upper thighs and tightening them when you sit,” Dr. Erickson says.

This rubber band effect can also decrease your circulation and lead to blood clots.

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Is Shapewear Damaging Your Organs?  was originally published on blackdoctor.org

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