That dress looks perfect right off the rack, and that crisp button-down shirt is never going to be any brighter or whiter than the moment you buy it. So is it really necessary to go to all of the trouble of washing those brand-new garments before you wear them for the first time?
刚从商场衣架上拿下来的那件裙子太美了，而那件纽扣衬衫在你买下时是最亮最白的。所以，真的有必要花费力气在第一次穿新衣之前就把它们给洗一遍吗？
The answer to that depends on how you feel about rashes, insects and diseases.
Yes, according to Donald Belsito, a professor of dermatology at ColumbiaUniversity Medical Center, those clean-looking clothes aren't so clean after all.
Belsito, who
spoke1 to The Wall Street Journal about the risks,
noted2 that dyes and formaldehyde
resins3 can spark skin
irritation4 in some or a full-blown
allergic5 reaction in others. But those are far from the only risks.
"I have seen cases of lice that were possibly transmitted from trying on in the store, and there are certain infectious diseases that can be passed on through clothing," he explained. "The other
infestation6 I've seen from clothing is scabies."
Dressing7 rooms aren't the only place where your would-be wardrobe comes in contact with others. From the people who manufactured the clothing, to those who shipped it and others who stocked the racks, there's just no telling how many hands (and other parts) have touched it all.
If that, along with Belsito's added warning that "
fungus8 can hang around for a while," isn't enough to make you want to wash those new items once before wearing them, maybe it should make you want to wash them twice — that's what the doctor does.
"In terms of
hygiene9, it's a very good thing to do," he told the Journal. "Being a
dermatologist10, I've seen examples of some strange stuff, so I don't take any chances."
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