Wearing a tightly tied waist cord on an underskirt, a common practice in traditional saree dressing, may lead to skin cancer, ...

She too wore a saree every day, a traditional type called a “lugda” tied very tightly around the waist without an underskirt ...

His comments follow the recent publication of a study in BMJ Case Reports in which researchers noted that when wearing a saree, many women tighten their petticoats and this puts a lot of ...

Petticoat cancer, also known as Marjolin’s ulcer, is a rare form of skin cancer that develops around the waistline in individuals who wear tightly tied saree underskirts (petticoats) or dhotis.