Were all spending a lot more time in sweats and leggings during the coronavirus pandemic, throwing on the same hoodie and stretchy bottoms day after day. And many of us staying at home arent washing them as often as we would back in the pre-lockdown days when we were out and about.

What at first may have felt like a welcome reprieve from zipping into pencil skirts and donning restrictive blazers might now have you questioning: Is it disgusting to wear the same comfy clothes throughout the week without laundering them? And beyond just being gross, are there any health risks?

Notwithstanding the coronavirus, the biggest contamination that can happen on clothing is bacteria that would come naturally from ones body, Lori A. Hoepner, an associate professor at SUNY Downstate Health Sciences University School of Public Health, told HuffPost. We produce a lot of bacteria, especially in the various crevices where the skin folds and touches itself and there is sweat.

But as long as youre staying home in those clothes, Hoepner said, rewearing loungewear without washing not a major concern, as long as youre OK with your own body odor.

If you only don leisure clothes in the house and not for exercise then you can go for a week or even two without washing, said Preeti Aryna, Fashion Institute of Technology assistant professor of textile development and marketing.