For the Yogis: Is wearing your yoga pants 24/7 bad for your health?
Do you ‘live’ in your yoga pants? Well, you may want to rethink that.
We get it: wearing your yoga pants all day can feel très liberating.
There’s a reason why ‘athleisure’ – a fashion phenomenon so popular that the next edition of Merriam-Webster Dictionary will include it as a definition in its next edition – is on the rise: it’s just so darn convenient.
If you’re one to live in your yoga pants and year 24/7, here’s some bad news: what if we told you that there are actual health dangers lurking in your yoga pants and workout gear? From a higher risk of yeast infections and zits to rashes and flare-ups, browse our gallery above for the health risks of regularly wearing your yoga pants (and what you can do to prevent it!)
Sarah Khan
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