What Happens To Your Body When You Stop Wearing Tighty-Whities

One of the top changes your body will experience when you stop wearing tighty-whities is more exposure to air. When your body, and therefore your privates, is no longer restricted by tight fabric, there is less of a buildup of heat and moisture close to your skin. What's the harm in a little extra moisture?

For women, tight underwear can cause increased dampness. Without proper ventilation, the female body produces excess discharge in an attempt to clean the area out. However, especially moist environments are a perfect breeding ground for yeast infections, or candidiasis, according to Bustle. Yeast infections, which come with itchiness, unusual discharge, and irritation, can be set off by high temperatures, humidity, increased sugar intake, and, you guessed it, wearing tight clothing. "If a woman for some reason is always extremely damp, or actually quite wet on the vulva and perineal area (skin of the vulva by the bladder and vaginal opening) then not wearing underwear [...] may help," Dr. Felice Gersh, OB/GYN, told Bustle. 

If nixing your knickers can improve airflow for women, what about men? Yeast infections for men aren't unheard-of. It can develop into a condition called balanitis, per Mayo Clinic, which is an inflammation of the head of the penis. One cause of this condition is improper hygiene, like sitting in wet tighty-whities. So, a major benefit of ditching tighty-whities is that exposure to air can mean fewer yeast infections overall.