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If you wear a hair tie on your wrist all day, you've probably noticed it leaves an indentation on your skin.
Keeping a hair band around your wrist is a convenient way to ensure you always have one on hand — literally — when the need strikes, but is the temporary indentation left behind by a tight hair band cause for concern?
It’s possible you’ve seen the news stories or heard rumors that’ve scared you ― some have blamed a too-tight hair tie for exacerbating carpal tunnel syndrome or even for causing a severe infection. Is there such a danger that we should reconsider wearing hair ties on our wrists altogether?