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DermaSilk® Wear and Care Instructions


To get the real benefits from wearing DermaSilk Therapeutic Clothing, please follow carefully these instructions :

If you find that you have to wash your DermaSilk in a washing machine please wash it on a delicate cycle and preferably in a net bag to prevent it from tangling with other garments!


Machine Washing Dermasilk - Instruction video to demonstrate how to safely wash DermaSilk Therapeutic Clothing in a washing machine

Hand Washing Dermasilk - This video shows how you can fit hand washing of DermaSilk clothing around bathtime.

In hard water areas it is recommended that DermaSilk Eczema clothing be soaked in Bicarbonate to remove hardness. This video demonstrates how to do it.

 
  • DermaSilk Therapeutic Clothing is designed to be lightweight and body forming. It needs to be close fitting and in contact with the skin at all times to be fully effective.
  • When used in combination with medical creams and ointments, care should be taken to ensure that the medication is fully absorbed into the skin before the DermaSilk clothing is worn.
  • Do not use fabric softeners or conditioners.
  • Do not bleach DermaSilk clothing as it will damage the structure of the fabric.


  • DermaSilk clothing should preferably be hand washed using a mild non-biological (enzyme free) detergent, rinsed thoroughly and laid flat to dry on a towel
  • DermaSilk can be machine washed at 30 degrees providing it is placed in a net bag to protect the seams from tangling with other washing. Do not tumble dry or spin dry.

 

  • Use a cool steam iron if necessary. If the garment goes out of shape it can normally be retored using this method.
  • In areas with hard water the softness of DermaSilk can be restored as follows: After every 10 washes, soak DermaSilk clothing in a solution of 2 tablespoons of bicarbonate of soda per litre of water overnight to maintain the softness of the fabric, then wash as instructed. This method can also be used for stain removal.
  • Please note that the antimicrobial agent (AEM 5772/5) is bonded permanently into the silk and will not leech out of the fabric, even after numerous washes.