Often walking down the street, you can see teenagers in fairly light clothes, it’s clear that it’s fashion and all that. But when, at a fairly low temperature, you see a person with his pants rolled up so that his ankle is visible, you involuntarily wince.
Why roll up your jeans in winter?
Really, why? At a time when frost and snow are raging outside, a reasonable solution would be not to leave the house at all. But nowadays you won’t be able to sit in your cozy home for a long time, hello work and human needs. Walking down the street, you can often see teenagers, and not only those who walk with bare ankles. If in summer this can be explained by the fact that it is hot outside, and thus the body breathes better, then in winter this phenomenon becomes incomprehensible. Having interviewed three representatives from this group, this is what they got - everyone claims that they are not cold at all, but they already have a habit of tucking up their jeans, and indeed any pants, and besides, it’s so fashionable now. When asked what the current fashion is, they answered briefly, tall gateways emphasize shoes, which, by the way, are also often summer.
Naturally, they do not know that such clothes threaten serious illnesses. Or they know, but they think it won’t affect them. Unambiguously answer the question “Why?” it is forbidden. Teenagers do it because their idols do it. Only they don’t think about the fact that the climate in which their idols live is completely different.
Ankle scarves
Yes, this is serious. Another modern trend that allows owners of collars and just short pants not to freeze in cold weather and look even “cooler”. It is not yet known how widespread this trend is, and besides, this accessory is not yet on sale. However, this does not stop modern fashionistas at all, and on the streets of large cities, for example, the capital, you can meet people with scarves for their ankles. Where do they get them if they are not on sale yet? The answer is simple - in children's stores. They choose the smallest size of the accessory, select the color and buy 2 at once - one for each leg.
It looks ridiculous, of course, but it’s a matter of taste; there are much stranger and more incomprehensible trends.
What are the health risks?
It’s probably not worth saying that bare ankles are really a threat to health, especially somewhere in the outback, in Siberia. It is very easy to develop hypothermia even when part of the body is covered, let alone when it is being blown with all its might by a cold wind of minus 20. Frostbite can outgrow to serious problems with joints and ligaments, which are not so easy to treat.
Temperature -50 degrees
note. To cure damaged, cold ligaments, a whole specialized course will be required, which is selected exclusively individually for each patient, due to possible intolerance to certain drugs or its components. To find out this will require a number of tests, in general, treatment is expensive. Bare ankles with short socks are fashionable among young people, but ignoring socks altogether is considered the peak. That is, wear shoes on bare feet.
Important. Shoes on bare feet are only good in summer, and only on condition that they are open and the skin of the feet breathes. Otherwise, there is a very high risk of developing a fungus, which, by the way, is also very difficult to cure. It is very easy to catch it in the sports locker room, and in the summer, when it is very hot, especially in closed shoes, the most favorable conditions are created for the development of the fungus. In winter, the foot freezes even more; there is a risk of freezing not only the ankle, but also the entire foot, which significantly complicates the situation.
Conclusion. Fashion or recklessness?
Impossible answer exactly to this question. Simply because the answer will be geographically tied to some point on the planet. For example, in New York, even in winter it’s not very cold, so wear gateways and short socks are appropriate, but even there such people are often condemned for their disregard for their own health.
The concept of beauty and fashion goes hand in hand with the concept of impracticality. After all, fashion and beauty since ancient times associated and told about a person, his privileges, his way of life, his place in society. Now the world is gradually moving away from judging and characterizing a person only by his clothes, but the centuries-old line can still be traced.
Now, asking a person why he is not dressed for the weather, he will most likely answer that he has just got out of the car to that store across the street, so he simply wouldn’t have time to freeze. Or a lady walking in summer shoes but wearing a fur coat will say that she was dropped off right at the door of her home or work, so she doesn’t need to put on winter boots and she’s not cold. It all comes down to the fact that these people literally say “I can afford it.” Sometimes this is true, and sometimes it is a blind adherence to fashion, endangering human health, which, as we know, is almost impossible to completely restore.
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