Women Wash Bras Only Six Times a Year!

Women spend millions each year on body wash, perfume, deodorant and other niceties to make themselves smell beautiful. They also spend a good deal of money on frilly lingerie, underwear and bras. But a recent study of women in the UK revealed that despite all this attention to personal hygiene, most women wash their bras only about six times a year. The study was reported on in the Daily Mail.

A bra may not appear dirty after just one wearing, but they are snug-fitting items in constant contact with your skin. The fabric can hold sweat, oils and dirt as well as old scent from perfumes and deodorants. Although they may not look too bad at first, after a few wearings they will start to look grey, dingy, tattered and worse, begin to smell.

Never wear a bra or any piece of intimate apparel directly after purchase without washing it first. Subsequent cleaning should be done after each wearing. A good bra, washed carefully by hand on in a lingerie bag on your washer's delicate cycle, will actually last longer than if never washed.