TikTok's Underwear Toss-Out Advice Is A Little Much For Experts

quot;Somehow at six to nine months your underwear magically becomes some type of infectious catastrophe and that’s simply not the case."
Tiktok lifestyle and wellness advice is a genre unto itself in 2021. There's all kinds of armchair experts ready to spout their advice for how to make your pasta, walk on your treadmill and, now, when you should throw out your underwear and replace 'em. But, as we know, TikTok health advice isn't always reliable. In the now-viral TikTok from user KittyChemist, she claims that because not all bacteria, pathogens and fibers can be removed during washing people should throw out their underwear every six to nine months. But is this true? Well, not really. A few experts in the

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