Unless you sweat, I think it's OCD to wash bras after each wear. Your ribcage is not a bacteria factory like your vagina/anus!

I wash after 3-4 wears. Unless I workout or am outside for long periods of time on a hot day.

My question: I have a daughter who will need a bra in a few years. How often will you tell your kids to wash their bras? As in, I know I wash mine every other week, but I feel like I'll tell my daughter to wash every other wear. Right? Seems embarrassing to admit washing only every 2 weeks.

The first poster who mentioned a connection between cup size and washing did so because washing is hard on bras, especially under wires, so they wear out faster. If you wear a large cup size, your bras probably cost upwards of $60-70 each. The brands that even most department stores carry only go up to a D or DD. IOW, they are expensive to replace.

Yes, this. I'm tiny and wear bras from the Target juniors section (mostly, though I have some nicer ones). They are cheap so I can afford to be hard on them--I machine wash and drip dry. But friends of mine who have to shell out for nice-looking, supportive bras in large sizes are really careful about only hand-washing in Woolite, not washing as often, etc. so the fibers don't break down.

As an aside, if it's going to be 90+ degrees and I know I'll be outside sweating, I tend to wear a sports bra because I know that it can be easily laundered. I don't wear one of my pretty ones because I want to avoid getting those sweaty.

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Anonymous wrote:If you are dd or larger I suspect you are not washing each time.

I don't understand the connection between cup size and frequency of washing?

The first poster who mentioned a connection between cup size and washing did so because washing is hard on bras, especially under wires, so they wear out faster. If you wear a large cup size, your bras probably cost upwards of $60-70 each. The brands that even most department stores carry only go up to a D or DD. IOW, they are expensive to replace.

Anonymous wrote:I stopped wearing bras and instead just wear a tight fitting spandex tank under my clothes. Bras are way too uncomfortable.

How special for you.

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Anonymous wrote:If you are dd or larger I suspect you are not washing each time.

I don't understand the connection between cup size and frequency of washing?

Maybe because most of those bras are underwires and you can't just throw them in the washer? You have to hand wash them and it's more of a pain.

I am DD and if anything I think large breasted women wash their bras more because of "boob sweat" (hate the term, but you know what I mean).

You can throw underwires in the washer. Google it. Not the dryer, though. No bra should go in the dryer.

My bras cost from $60-$100. Not my choice, that's just what quality bras cost when you have a G cup. Not gonna throw them in the washer. I'll continue hand washing them... no biggie (pun intended).

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Anonymous wrote:If you are dd or larger I suspect you are not washing each time.

I don't understand the connection between cup size and frequency of washing?

Maybe because most of those bras are underwires and you can't just throw them in the washer? You have to hand wash them and it's more of a pain.

I am DD and if anything I think large breasted women wash their bras more because of "boob sweat" (hate the term, but you know what I mean).

You can throw underwires in the washer. Google it. Not the dryer, though. No bra should go in the dryer.

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:If you are dd or larger I suspect you are not washing each time.

I don't understand the connection between cup size and frequency of washing?

Maybe because most of those bras are underwires and you can't just throw them in the washer? You have to hand wash them and it's more of a pain.

I am DD and if anything I think large breasted women wash their bras more because of "boob sweat" (hate the term, but you know what I mean).

I wash mine on gentle. I probably ruin one once a year or so. Not enough to stop me from doing it!

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Anonymous wrote:If you are dd or larger I suspect you are not washing each time.

I don't understand the connection between cup size and frequency of washing?

I don't either. I am a DD and only wear mine once before washing.

I think it's because big boobs sweat more. I'm a D cup, but thin and rarely sweat through bras.

But why would that mean someone with larger boobs wouldn't wash their bras as often?

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Anonymous wrote:If you are dd or larger I suspect you are not washing each time.

I don't understand the connection between cup size and frequency of washing?

Maybe because most of those bras are underwires and you can't just throw them in the washer? You have to hand wash them and it's more of a pain.

I am DD and if anything I think large breasted women wash their bras more because of "boob sweat" (hate the term, but you know what I mean).

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Anonymous wrote:If you are dd or larger I suspect you are not washing each time.

I don't understand the connection between cup size and frequency of washing?

I don't either. I am a DD and only wear mine once before washing.

I think it's because big boobs sweat more. I'm a D cup, but thin and rarely sweat through bras.

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Anonymous wrote:If you are dd or larger I suspect you are not washing each time.

I don't understand the connection between cup size and frequency of washing?

I don't either. I am a DD and only wear mine once before washing.

Anonymous wrote:Wow, bathrooms must look like a hillbilly place with wet bras everywhere

I just have a drying rack in my laundry room.

Anonymous wrote:If you are dd or larger I suspect you are not washing each time.

I don't understand the connection between cup size and frequency of washing?

I stopped wearing bras and instead just wear a tight fitting spandex tank under my clothes. Bras are way too uncomfortable.