Do you change panties every day? To this intimate question, the Americans provide an answer that should put off the most concerned about hygiene. A survey conducted by the underwear brand Tommy John and taken up by Newsweek reveals that almost half of Americans do not have the daily reflex to change their underwear. 45% of them recognize without blushing wearing the same underwear two days in a row. 13% even admit to keeping the same ones for more than a week or more! The survey does not say whether during this period of time the persons concerned engage in sports activities that promote perspiration and body odor…
An easy solution to avoid looking in your drawer or simply forgetting about hygiene gestures, the fact remains that lovers of prolonged wearing of underwear are mainly male. Men are 2.5 times more likely to adopt this (bad) habit than their female counterparts.
The risks associated with prolonged wearing of panties
Another detail given by the survey, Americans would also be unscrupulous about the renewal of their intimate lingerie when it is worn out. 36% of respondents struggle to say how long they have had their underwear. The brand behind the survey reminds us of the importance of changing them before they are completely damaged in order to avoid chafing and untimely irritation. The brand recalls the importance of keeping clean underwear to prevent them from becoming breeding grounds for the development of micro-organisms such as fungi.
Women are the most exposed to this problem. Prolonged wearing of dirty underwear promotes imbalance of vaginal flora and makes you vulnerable to infections (fungal infections), to the cystitis or irritation.
To limit the risks and preserve a vaginal microbiota in good health, so it is recommended to change underwear daily.
At night too, sleeping with your panties on would be a reflex to banish, recalled in 2018 Dr. Jean-Marc Bohbot, infectious disease specialist, specialist in genitourinary infections. This bad habit also exposes women to vaginal infections.
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