Sounds like they're just cheap panties with cheap dye??

If your sweat smells and leaves stains, then yes - I'd say detox. Everyone needs to detox really, our environment is so toxic. Just how much one needs to detox depends on their health.

HOLY COW!! I have been bleaching my clothing for YEARS (I'm 27 now and I think it started somewhere around 14ya). I can not believe that I actually stumbled across another person who does this! I've been to many, many doctors and acupuncturists, trying to figure out what causes this (eastern AND western) and have never received a proper diagnosis, treatment OR cure. The best I've gotten is that my body is trying to get rid of some toxin...I stumbled across this post when doing a google search for natural Bacterial Vaginosis treatments, to research what my new doctor has just recommended, and I think that this is all connected.

For years, any bath towels or sheets that I've used eventually end up with bleach stains all over them (and I don't use bleach when I do laundry-I just use hypo-allergenic detergent). I've been called a "human tye-dye machine". In the last year or so I've started bleaching the gussets of my panties too. Some days, they smell like pure ammonia (which is as alkaline (base) as it gets). My sweat has never had an odor, but the bleach stains on my clothing, and the fact that it has been happening long before it localized in my nether regions lead me to believe that whatever is causing this is not exclusively a vaginal condition. Do you notice that the bleaching happens to one color over another? For me, it's green, and my sweat turns it yellow...and to respond to the previous post, I know that I have quality clothing and sheets, so the cheap fabric/dye explanation doesn't pan out. I honesty think that it does very much have to do with diet and unsurprisingly, how much water one is taking in!! I am one of those people who needs to be reminded to drink water. Do you drink a lot of water? If you do, then my hypothesis would be weakened-I'm very curious to know.

I just met with a new doc, had a very thorough battery of blood tests run to see what was going on in my blood (nothing out of the ordinary except low zinc and copper levels and slightly elevated iron). He seemed pretty confident that the undie issue is Bacterial Vaginosis, and I am going to try the tea tree oil suppositories he recommended. The previous post about the ammonia waste product that bacteria leave is true, but that wouldn't necessarily resolve the non-crotch related bleaching, unless the bacterial infection was systemic, which is why I am thinking this is probably simply a diet/water issue. It makes sense to me that a compromised/imbalanced system would make for a happier environment for the bacteria to breed in.

I've definitely struggled with my diet, living under the ILLUSION of eating well, but to be completely honest, I've been lazy in thinking that if I shop at a health food store, I'm doing fine. Now that I am keeping a food diary, I realize that I eat mostly "health food junk food"! As for the water intake, the same, must constantly remind myself that CARRYING the water bottle around in my bag is not the same as DRINKING the water :) I also eat much healthier than my family (very traditional Italian), but it has been very difficult for me to break my starchy, cheesy comfort food addiction. My body is clearly telling me that it is out of whack and it's time for a change :)

I really would like to hear more about your health background, and if you've made any progress in resolving this bizzaro bleaching. Maybe we can both resolve this for good!!

Hi,
I have had the problem of bleaching my undies for a while now, seen many posts about it but it seams no one knows the reason as yet.
do you have any other symptoms, no matter how unrelated there could be a link.
As time goes on my list of symptoms is growing, all of wich my doctor seams not to know how to solve them. Here's my symptoms: bleaching undies, dark under arms, yellow soles of feet, un able to lose weight, fatigue, spot rashes, thirst, anima, heart rate over 100 at rest. I have been tested for thyroid over and under active, diabetes, cholesterol, cancer, liver function, kidney function, heart disease,and full blood test. They all have come back clear, one week I had high iron and the following week low almost none. Im only 21 eat healthy, veg low carb low Sugar water no only Sugar I eat is in fruit and natural sugars in other food. No added Sugar and deff no drinks other then water, and the occ vodka.

And then today I found a site saying the dark under arms could be linked to parasites, further investgation all of them can, apparently parasites waste is almost pure ammonia. That could be the cause of the bleaching, and hence no matter how many balancing remedies I use nothing works.

apparently parasites is very common, mostly affects women. The yellow sweat could be the build up of toxic waste from the parasites. Deff worth asking your doctor about it. parasites are most common on raw fruit and veg, also can get them from cats and dogs. After reading this today its a bit concerning that we worm or dogs and cats but not or selves. Back in the day people used to get wormed but their doctors when the seasons changed, this was in both western and eastern cultures.

Sorry about the mass of info, how this helps or even something to concider.

ok so this is so weird. I was here because I was posting something about BV and randomly I stumble upon this thread. And I have to say I'm shocked. I have been bleaching my undies since I was 11yrs old!(I'm 28yrs old) I never thought anything of it, just another weird attribute of me....sigh. Anyways, I started reading the other comments and now I'm thinking about parasites...great. but the brightside is that maybe it's also linked into the BV that I've been fighting with for a year now. I am interested in reading or hearing more on this topic so I'll wait to see if any new info comes out. If it is parasites, what's the treatment? Do I buy deworming pills?