Underwear Without Labels and Seams – Sensitive Skin

Short answer: Underwear without labels and irritating seams removes the small irritations that scratch and rub against sensitive skin. Combined with soft bamboo viscose, you get underwear you forget you are wearing, even after a whole day in the same set.

Why labels and seams irritate

A stiff care label at the neck or a thick seam at the side rubs against the skin thousands of times a day. If your skin is sensitive to begin with, that can produce redness and itching. That is why several brands now make underwear with printed size markings and flat constructions.

Printed marking instead of stitched

A printed label lies level with the fabric and cannot be felt. A stitched one sits exactly where you bend, and it scratches every time. Look for printed marking in the product description. Boody works systematically with details of this kind throughout the range.

How to remove a stitched label

If the label is stitched in, it can be cut off, but do not cut right at the seam. Leave two to three millimetres standing, so the seam does not open in the first wash. Cut too close and you end up with a hole instead of a label.

Flat and covered seams

A flat seam lies level with the fabric instead of standing proud, and a covered seam has a layer of fabric over it. Both remove the edge that otherwise rubs under close fitting clothes and in movement. It is a construction detail rather than a quality marking.

The places that matter most

In briefs it is the edge in the groin, the edge at the waist and the crotch seam. In a top it is the neck, the shoulder and the side. If you can feel a thick edge or a knot with your fingertips, you will feel it on the skin after four hours. See bamboo briefs.

The material matters at least as much

Even a perfect seam rubs if the fabric is rough or damp. Bamboo viscose has a smooth surface and moves moisture away from the skin, so both friction and moisture drop. Seam and material are two halves of the same thing, and one without the other is not enough.

Check the item with your fingers

Turn the garment inside out and run your fingertips along every edge and seam. It takes ten seconds and is the only test that works before you have worn it. See also bamboo undershirts for women and bamboo underwear for men.

Washing without the things that scratch

Detergent residue makes any fabric rougher, and softener lays a film that can irritate. Use slightly less powder than instructed, fill the machine less and skip the softener. A garment that suddenly feels scratchy is more often the wash's fault than the item's. See also bamboo clothing for sensitive skin, eczema and allergies.