Jeggings Will Save Our Groin Nerves, Says Early Show

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Skinny jeans are destroying our groin nerves! Or so Dr. Jennifer Ashton tells the CBS Early Show (clip above). You'll remember this story from when it surfaced back in May, and you might even be familiar with its previous incarnation, when the concern was about low-rise jeans. We still think the warnings seem a bit exaggerated, since you can also damage that particular nerve with too much standing and/or walking. But if you're still worried about your groin, there is a solution: Jeggings, those jeans-leggings hybrids that are sweeping the nation. The ones Dr. Ashton recommends have a painted-on fly.
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