The Scourge Of Ring Around The Collar

[+ Gar1eth]

 

I'm doing my wash right now. And I noticed one of my shirts was really dirty around the inside collar region. My Dad's shirt also used to get that way. But I can remember either being in college or maybe sometime after that-I didn't get ring around the collar. I remember specifically because I remember a conversation I had with my Mom once while she was doing the wash. She wondered why my Dad had ring around the collar, but my shirts didn't.

 

Anyone know the reason? Is it a change in my body chemistry over the years?

 

Gman

[+ Keith30309]

 

I'm doing my wash right now. And I noticed one of my shirts was really dirty around the inside collar region. My Dad's shirt also used to get that way. But I can remember either being in college or maybe sometime after that-I didn't get ring around the collar. I remember specifically because I remember a conversation I had with my Mom once while she was doing the wash. She wondered why my Dad had ring around the collar, but my shirts didn't.

 

Anyone know the reason? Is it a change in my body chemistry over the years?

 

Gman

Do you wear undershirts? I started wearing t-shirt, crew neck light cotton undershirts years ago after noticing my white dress shirts had a distinct yellowish tinge at the neck and pits. Now I don't put on a high-quality shirt without one and they last indefinitely.

[+ Gar1eth]

Do you wear undershirts? I started wearing t-shirt, crew neck light cotton undershirts years ago after noticing my white dress shirts had a distinct yellowish tinge at the neck and pits. Now I don't put on a high-quality shirt without one and they last indefinitely.

 

I almost never wear undershirts. I dislike the feel of wearing two shirts. In a similar fashion I don't like wearing boxers. It feels as if I have two pairs of pants on.

 

Gman

[+ sync]

 

I'm doing my wash right now. And I noticed one of my shirts was really dirty around the inside collar region. My Dad's shirt also used to get that way. But I can remember either being in college or maybe sometime after that-I didn't get ring around the collar. I remember specifically because I remember a conversation I had with my Mom once while she was doing the wash. She wondered why my Dad had ring around the collar, but my shirts didn't.

 

Anyone know the reason? Is it a change in my body chemistry over the years?

 

Gman

 

The following is an excerpt from a "helpful hint" internet posting I read, it has a feasibility "ring" to it: "Ring around the collar is caused by a combination of sweat, dead skin, and product buildup. Sweat can't be helped, but if the dreaded ring is a persistent problem for you, try to pay a little extra attention to your neck right at the end of your shower. Doing so will help to remove dead skin, as well as any residue your shampoo, conditioner and/or soap have left behind. If you use a lot of hair products, you may also want to give your neck a quick wiping off after you've done your hair but before you put on your shirt."

[+ Gar1eth]

The following is an excerpt from a "helpful hint" internet posting I read, it has a feasibility "ring" to it: "Ring around the collar is caused by a combination of sweat, dead skin, and product buildup. Sweat can't be helped, but if the dreaded ring is a persistent problem for you, try to pay a little extra attention to your neck right at the end of your shower. Doing so will help to remove dead skin, as well as any residue your shampoo, conditioner and/or soap have left behind. If you use a lot of hair products, you may also want to give your neck a quick wiping off after you've done your hair but before you put on your shirt."

 

I wonder if my skin was more alive when I was younger since I never used to get the ring in my 20's.

 

Gman

[+ sam.fitzpatrick]

I wear an undershirt with my dress shirts. While the armpits, and to a lesser degree the collar, of the undershirts become yellowish, my dress shirts remain stain-free. (Aside from the coffee-stains when the lid of the to go cup isn't secure. )

 

I replace all of my underwear each year to keep the fresh, and the is cheaper than replacing the dress shirts due to staining.

[+ sync]

I wonder if my skin was more alive when I was younger since I never used to get the ring in my 20's.

 

Gman

 

My experience was the reverse of yours, as I aged the rings in my collars disappeared. My hypothesis is that for some time now I have had no need for hair products.

[Nvr2Thick]

The collars of my dress shirts stained more quickly when I was wearing a necktie to work every day. I didn't have that problem with open-collar shirts. I didn't worry much about ring-around-the-collar because it wasn't visible when the collar was buttoned for a tie.

 

T-shirt style undershirts are a must under dress shirts. For a lot of guys no undershirt is a clueless element contributing to poor fashion sense. On the right guy being able to see his nipples through his dress shirt can be hot, but that accounts for 2% of the population. On the rest, awareness of their chest hair pattern and color and size of nipples is gross. A guy I worked with had a big problem with armpit sweat. You really had to work hard to ignore the wet patches at his armpits by mid-morning. He wore shirts that were very tight around the chest and shoulders - to the point where the gaps between buttons would bow. He spontaneously started confiding/complaining to me about it one day, and I told him, "wear an undershirt and wear dress shirts that don't fit so tightly." It turned into a good-natured argument, but he argued that it was counter-intuitive to expect adding another layer to solve his sweat problem. He admitted that he had a 17 neck but he was wearing fitted 16 shirts because he had liked how they fit his body - but that was back before he added some thickness and paunch. I bought him a pack of cotton undershirts and a regular-cut 16 1/2 dress shirt. The day he took an undershirt and new dress shirt for a test run he told me that he got five compliments on the new shirt, and it was obvious that the wet patches under his arms were smaller and would actually dry out when he had a few hours of downtime in his office.

[LaffingBear]

There are many products that you may find helpful

 

And after dealing with the rings... try some Easy On Spray Starch for nice crisp collars

[+ Charlie]

I wear an undershirt with my dress shirts. While the armpits, and to a lesser degree the collar, of the undershirts become yellowish, my dress shirts remain stain-free. (Aside from the coffee-stains when the lid of the to go cup isn't secure. )

 

I replace all of my underwear each year to keep the fresh, and the is cheaper than replacing the dress shirts due to staining.

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