Contents:
- Medical Video: How to Hand Wash Your Bras - Braducational Video from Linda the Bra Lady
- When should you wash your bra?
- Indeed, what is the danger if the bra has not been washed for too long?
- Which must be considered before washing the bra
Medical Video: How to Hand Wash Your Bras - Braducational Video from Linda the Bra Lady
Maybe you are often in a dilemma and are confused, do you have to wash your bra that is used today or keep using it a few more times. After all, the bra is not directly visible from the outside, because it is still covered by the clothes you wear. Actually, when is the bra declared dirty and has to go into the basket of clothes ready for washing?
When should you wash your bra?
Although it is closed to wear inside the shirt, it does not mean you can underestimate how to choose, store, and care for the bra that you have. Including how many times you have to wash your bra after each wear.
Because the bra has an important function to give shape and support the breast. Changes in the structure and shape of the bra because of the wrong way to treat and store it can reduce the comfort level of the bra when used. Especially if you wear a bra that hasn't been washed for several days, even though it's been used for a long time.
Actually there are no definite rules that govern how many times you have to wash your bra. However, Josh Zeichner, M.D., a skin specialist at Mount Sinai New York Hospital, explained that ideally the bra should be washed after two or three times the usage.
Unlike the opinion expressed by Jené Luciani, a writer for The Bra Book: The Fashion Formula to Finding the Perfect Bra. Luciani actually recommends washing your bra after each use. In other words, you have to wash it immediately after it is used, even if it's only one time.
Indeed, what is the danger if the bra has not been washed for too long?
Bra that has been worn, either once, twice, or more, of course, has been filled with lots of dirt, sweat, and bacteria. Indeed, sometimes the bra looks still clean even though it has been used several times.
In fact, in a day, one can produce about 1 liter of sweat, 10 grams of dead skin cells, and 40 grams of oil every day, told by Mary Begovic Johnson, a skin specialist in Ohio, United States.
Now, imagine what would happen if all the natural ingredients produced by this body penetrate into the bra until they settle in it. That is why you are strongly recommended to wash your bra regularly after 1-3 usage times. Because if the bra is used for too long, it is not impossible that there will be many bacteria or fungi that develop in it.
Especially because the bra is in direct contact with the body's skin so that the heat and moisture from sweat production will further increase the growth of these microorganisms. You certainly don't want to wear underwear that is dirty and contains a lot of bacteria, right?
Lazy to replace or wash a dirty bra does not necessarily lead you to dangerous diseases. It's just that you may be more susceptible to various skin problems. Irritation, itching, redness, fungal infections, and bacterial infections for example.
Which must be considered before washing the bra
You are indeed advised to put the bra into a laundry tub at least after 1-3 times. Even so, it turns out too often wash it also risks damaging the elasticity and structure of the bra itself, said Lexie Sachs, as product analyst at the Good Housekeeping Institute Textiles Lab.
In essence, this decision returns to you. Consider how solid your activities are, and how much or how little sweat your body produces on that day.
If indeed you feel after one time the use of bra is dirty because the activity of the day is quite dense, do not procrastinate to put it in a laundry tub.
However, if your activity is not so dense, you can use it up to 3 times so that the bra shape does not change.
