danger_cat
10:06 pm - 08/17/2012

underwear?!
Alright so this question kind of isn't vagina related and more so buttocks related. My mom had been having buttocks issues (thought to be hemorrhoidal)and when to see a doctor about it. Her doctor told her that part of the reason could be because she was wearing black underwear a lot. Something about black underwear drawing more moisture or something - I can't quite remember the specifics. She went to a different doctor, and he told her the exact opposite, that it's light colored underwear.

Pardon my french, but what the EFF does underwear color effect in terms of nether regions? Is this old wives tale stuff? I mean picking a certain material over the other makes sense like cotton vs silk, and it makes sense in terms of being more able to identify discharge, but that's not related to the issue my mom was having.

Is it just based on the idea of synthetic dyes, or what?!
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faithful_summer 18th-Aug-2012 04:12 am (UTC)
I have never heard such a thing. Doesn't make any sense to me, either.
kirstenlouise 18th-Aug-2012 04:15 am (UTC)
I'm just going to be honest and say that sounds like 110% pure concentrated bullshit to me. It is possible that the dye in her underwear could be bothering her if she sweats a lot and it's rubbing off on her skin, in which case white underwear would be preferable, but it has nothing to do with one color drawing less moisture than the other.
shellynoir 18th-Aug-2012 05:05 am (UTC)
I've heard that white towels absorb more than dark, because the dye interferes with absorbing, but I can't say I've ever heard anythng about underwear.
eavanmoore 18th-Aug-2012 05:14 am (UTC)
I haven't noticed any differences.
sxdx 18th-Aug-2012 05:56 am (UTC)
This sounds like crazy talk to me. Some doctors can say some really crazy shit, myobsaidwhat.com comes to mind...
jetplanejane 18th-Aug-2012 08:14 am (UTC)
I call bullshit, too. A cursory Google search yielded at least one (merchant) website that gave the same answer your mother's doctor did. No actual doctors or medical text were cited anywhere.
nickelshoe 18th-Aug-2012 01:44 pm (UTC)
It sounds like this doctor for some reason feels uncomfortable telling a patient that they don't have an answer, so they just make up something "harmless" to tell patients and hope that the placebo effect will make the patient feel better. (This could honestly be something they do without thinking because they are so used to being the person with the answers.) Unfortunately, they lost track of their lies when they didn't remember they'd previously said a different color.
realt_stea 18th-Aug-2012 05:29 pm (UTC)
wow, i've heard doctors spew all kinds of BS but this is a new one. i guess based on the towel comment a few up from me, that i could find some plausibility but... really?
dkwgdk 18th-Aug-2012 06:42 pm (UTC)
My mother told me that wearing anything other than white cotton underwear would give me infections "down there." She was right about the cotton part, but I wear all kinds of colors all the time with no trouble. Not sure what the deal is, but it sounds like BS.
sammet 18th-Aug-2012 07:58 pm (UTC)
Yep, seconding this. Cotton underwear is optimal for good health in the nether regions, along with not wearing extremely tight clothes like jeans.
brigittefires 19th-Aug-2012 04:02 am (UTC)
My mom said the same thing, but stipulated that is was because with white underwear you could bleach the heck out of them to disinfect them. At least THAT is a somewhat logical explanation! I just suck up the wear and tear and let them go thru the dryer because I'm too lazy to sort them out, but I don't wear cotton ones anymore because they actually WERE causing more issues than they were helping.
rawkemsockem 18th-Aug-2012 07:02 pm (UTC)
Wow, that is kinda weird.. uhhh, maybe one doctor figured the dark colour would retain heat and make her sweat more, thus leading to irritation???
sammet 18th-Aug-2012 07:57 pm (UTC)
I've never heard anything like that. She might be allergic to a specific dye though, I guess?
Other than that, I'd focus more on what material the underwear are made of.
mewsicfreak 19th-Aug-2012 01:03 am (UTC)
The only thing I can think of is light absorption, like if you wear a black tshirt versus a white one out in the sun, you'll sweat more. But since your mom's probably not wearing underwear sans pants outdoors, I dunno what the doctor was gettin at :-P
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