Nearly half of people don't change underwear daily - and some wear same pair for week

Recently we discovered that a worrying number of people aren't washing their underwear correctly.
And now to make matters worse, we've just found out that there are plenty of people out there who don't put on a clean pair of underwear everyday.
Yes, really.
According to new research by underwear maker Tommy John, around half of people in the US (45 percent) don't change their underwear daily - and a disturbing 13 percent of those they spoke to even confessed to wearing the same pair of knickers or pants for an entire week.

Men were found to be the worst for doing this, with the survey of 1,000 Americans showing that males are two-and-a-half times more likely than women to wear the same pants for seven days or longer.
The research also revealed that people felt a strong sense of loyalty for their underwear, with 46 percent of participants admitting that they had owned the same underwear for a year or more.
Around 38 percent also said they'd had their favourite underwear for so long, they couldn't remember when they bought it.

But this behaviour goes against the company's recommendations, as they advise their customers to throw out their old underwear and buy new pants every six months to a year.
This is because underwear collects bacteria that can lead to nasty infections in the long run. And as for bras, Marks and Spencer's bra fit expert and technical manager Julia Mercer recently spoke to MirrorOnline about when you need to get a new one.
She said: "In my opinion, a bra is at its best in its first year of being worn".
So there you have it folks, if you're wearing underwear you've had at home for more than a year, it's probably time to nip to the shops and treat yourself to some fresh new ones.