Everyone should be familiar with the matter of buying new clothes. Especially girls who prefer to buy and buy, they feel uncomfortable if they don’t buy themselves a new set of clothes every few days. New clothes can satisfy our pursuit of fashion, and can also enhance our aesthetics and make ourselves more beautiful and outstanding.
Is it okay to just wear the new clothes? For health reasons, it is recommended that you wash before wearing. Because newly purchased clothes do not mean they are the cleanest. On the contrary, there will be some residual chemical components in them, such as formaldehyde and residual dyes. Wearing them directly on the body will cause invisible harm to health. The harm may not be visible for a while, but over time it will affect our health and cause skin itching, redness, swelling, allergies and other phenomena.
So why can’t you wear newly bought clothes directly? Why is it recommended that you wash them before wearing them? In fact, there are three reasons. Curious babies, let’s take a look.
01. Formaldehyde remains in new clothes, which will harm our skin.
Everyone is very familiar with the harm of formaldehyde to the body. Many people don’t know that new clothes also contain formaldehyde. Although the formaldehyde content is not large, if you wear new clothes every time you buy them without washing them, the harm to your body over time cannot be underestimated.
Although formaldehyde is insoluble in water, after washing, we only need to dry the clothes in the sun. After the sunlight is exposed, the formaldehyde component will dissipate. Wearing such clothes will not affect our health.
02. There are residual dye components in new clothes, which will also affect our skin health
Especially the clothes from some small workshops, which use low-cost dyes , and in order to pursue the vividness of colors, the dye materials used are relatively large, which can easily cause the residue of dye components. Clothes containing such residual ingredients will also affect our skin health if worn directly next to the body.
If it is brightly colored clothes, we can buy them and soak them in clean water. There is no need to add detergent, just add a little salt. Table salt can not only fix color, but also disinfect. After soaking for about 30 minutes and drying it in the sun, the remaining dye components will disappear.
03. Many people try on new clothes. For health reasons, it is recommended to wash them before wearing them
In fact, newly bought clothes are not necessarily genuine. brand new. Whether you buy clothes in a mall or online, they have all been tried on by others. Therefore, the clothes you bought at this time still need to be washed before wearing them.
Maybe some people are careless and don’t pay attention to these details, but some serious and cautious people will be very cautious. Every time you buy clothes, you have to wash them before wearing them. In fact, there are several types of clothes that must be washed. So what are the clothes that must be washed before wearing?
In fact, it is recommended that children’s clothes, whether they are worn inside or outside, be washed carefully before wearing them. Because children’s skin is inherently delicate, if clothes are worn without washing, it can easily affect the child’s health. In addition, children’s resistance is very weak, so parents must be careful.
As for the clothes that are worn next to the body, it is recommended that you wash them before wearing them. Even for adults, close-fitting underwear needs to be washed before wearing. Don’t harm your health by being lazy again and again.
If you really don’t want to wash and wear them again, then you don’t need to wash them unless they are some large items of clothing such as windbreakers, down jackets, and woolen jackets. But it is also recommended that you dry it in the sun before wearing it.
