Pants that are too tight can cause a nerve problem called meralgia paresthetica.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Clog] Reference

The condition, called meralgia paresthetica MP, is caused by pressure on a nerve in the pelvis that causes a painful, burning, tingling thigh.    From Wordnik.com.  [The dangers of squeezing into skinny jeans] Reference

The condition, called meralgia paresthetica (MP), is caused by pressure on a nerve in the pelvis that causes a painful, burning, tingling thigh.    From Wordnik.com.  [The dangers of squeezing into skinny jeans] Reference

Nerve damage from skinny jeans: Parmeeta Ghoman, 29, of San Francisco, suffered from a nerve condition called meralgia paresthetica, aka "tingling thigh syndrome," when her super-tight skinny jeans cut off her lateral femoral cutaneous nerve.    From Wordnik.com.  [Leslie Goldman: UTIs, Baldness, Broken Ankles, and Other Fashion Emergencies] Reference

The super low-rise jeans that were especially popular in the late 90s and early 2000s were also linked to meralgia paresthetica.    From Wordnik.com.  [do these jeans make my ass look numb? | clusterflock] Reference

Compression of the nerve as it passes through the inguinal ligament or as it pierces the fascia lata causes meralgia paraesthetica.    From Wordnik.com.  [Archive 2005-03-01] Reference

Now, in my final weeks of med school, I've come across Thursday afternoon palsy, more commonly known as Lateral Femoral Cutaneous Nerve Entrapment, or meralgia parasthetica.    From Wordnik.com.  [Archive 2005-03-01] Reference

Super-skinny jeans are causing bouts of meralgia paresthetica, or tingling thigh syndrome — a constriction of the lateral femoral cutaneous nerve — in women across the country.    From Wordnik.com.  [do these jeans make my ass look numb? | clusterflock] Reference

None of that is relevant to meralgia paresthetica, but it is all far more important, so do please discuss the options with your GP, if you haven't already.    From Wordnik.com.  [Home | Mail Online] Reference

I am disappointed on your behalf that not only did your GP not know about meralgia paresthetica but also declined to reach for a book on the shelf and discuss it with you - it's something most medical students will know about.    From Wordnik.com.  [Home | Mail Online] Reference