Help end medical misogyny. Sign our petition.

Help end medical misogyny.
Sign our petition.

Sign the petition

Please or to access all these features

Chat

Join the discussion and chat with other Mumsnetters about everyday life, relationships and parenting.

We've done pjs.. but how often do you change your bra?

148 replies

morelippy · 24/04/2023 19:03

Me... daily in summer and a couple of days in winter, unless something makes me hot.

OP posts:
Smartiepants79 · 24/04/2023 19:57

I continue to be stunned and vaguely horrified by the amount of excess washing that so many on here seem to think is necessary. The environmental impact alone bothers me never mind the cost.
I change mine about once a week. I’m not a sweaty person. I wash my body regularly. It’s cover by my clothes. Why would it possibly be dirty enough to need washing after 12 hrs wear?????

mondaytosunday · 24/04/2023 19:58

Two or three days. Obviously earlier if I've been sweaty! Try not to wear a bra much these days though - only if I leave the house (though not if just walking the dogs). Holdover from lock downs!

FirstTimeBuyersHelp · 24/04/2023 19:58

Until they need it.

My bras are pricey. I don't want to beat them up more than they need

userxx · 24/04/2023 19:59

Enko · 24/04/2023 19:34

I change mine daily i have a small lidded bucket I put them in at the end of the day then hand wash them Saturday morning.

I am an E cup and even if I don't feel I smell sweaty I notice it on my bras. Hence I change daily.

You've got a bra bucket! I think I need one.

Oldnproud · 24/04/2023 20:00

Just once or twice a week unless I've been sweating.

ShakeYourFeathers · 24/04/2023 20:00

Depends on the bra! What I've done whilst wearing it how long ive worn it for.

Once or twice a week probably on average

Kyse · 24/04/2023 20:01

Every few days. Sports bras after every wear

Plunko · 24/04/2023 20:02

ChiChaNaYubi · 24/04/2023 19:31

When it drags itself to the basket!

No idea tbh. I only own 2.

I've only got one 😳

DappledThings · 24/04/2023 20:11

Once a week at the most, happily go longer.

No chance I'm handwashing them either.

Mammyloveswine · 24/04/2023 20:12

saveforthat · 24/04/2023 19:08

Unless I get hot and sweaty, I wear mine for 3-4 days.

Same!

VintageThoughts · 24/04/2023 20:26

Every day.

Bobbybobbins · 24/04/2023 20:27

Once a week in winter, every 3 days or so in summer. I don't sweat loads.

tuvamoodyson · 24/04/2023 20:36

Every day.

BusterGonads · 24/04/2023 20:37

Daily. Although I have a large chest, I don't wear underwired bra's. I wear Playtex none wired ones and they all go into a laundry bag and into the washer a couple of times a week.
They wash lovely.

LondonQueen · 24/04/2023 20:42

Daily.

Okunevo · 24/04/2023 20:48

stayathomer · 24/04/2023 19:49

There was a doctor on the radio saying it should be treated as underwear and changed daily as you sweat under your boobs-the two dis were agog, saying they do once a week (but both said they wore sports bras while working out). In the summer I sometimes have to daily but yes, I'm probably more once/ twice weekly/when it feels time

I don't get that. I don't sweat under my boobs anymore than above my boobs or anywhere else on my torso. My bra isn't in my armpit either.

Birchtrees · 24/04/2023 20:52

Once a week in winter. Maybe twice a week in the summer.

stayathomer · 24/04/2023 20:56

Plunko
ChiChaNaYubi

When it drags itself to the basket!

No idea tbh. I only own 2.
I've only got one 😳

I only had two, then my dog ate one and I went braless for a week and then promised never again so I bought a three pack in m&s and now am thinking of getting even more! (Can only buy in m and s as am world’s most awkward size, haven’t found any anywhere else, anyway they’re more affordable than I thought!)

HerNameIsIncontinentiaButtocks · 24/04/2023 20:56

I wash mine every six weeks in the dishwasher along with the toilet brush, whether they need it or not.

moistclam · 24/04/2023 20:56

I've worn the same bra for about 30 days now, shoot me. I don't care, bar changing to sports bra at the gym. Call me a minger or whatever you want, I can assure you I'm not the only one. I wear it for maximum 9 hours per day for work, at a non-sweat-inducing job - you're lucky if I make it out of my car on the drive home before whipping it off (I let the girls fly free at home).

I don't wash my duvet covers weekly either - the horror!

BHRK · 24/04/2023 20:56

4 days in winter, 1-2 in summer

MrBit · 24/04/2023 20:57

After every second wear like most of my clothes except jeans,they can go for weeks

AlwaysGinPlease · 24/04/2023 20:59

What people need to remember is that we are all at different ages and stages and some of us sweat more at a certain time of life.

ssd · 24/04/2023 21:01

CindersAgain · 24/04/2023 19:10

Mine need hand washing so they get washed a lot less than they should.

Any bra with underwire needs handwashed

ssd · 24/04/2023 21:02

Notellinganyone · 24/04/2023 19:45

Mine are £100 a pop as am large of nork. I have to hand wash them so change far more rarely than people on MN would probably approve of. TBH the mostly smell of Jo Malone which I spray liberally every morning.

Have you tried Elomi

Swipe left for the next trending thread