July 31st, 2010 Researching Scrubs: A Few Days Is More Than Justified

Men love to give off the aura that they don’t care about fashion, but trust me, they aren’t really that good at fooling women. The more they say “I don’t know what I’m wearing and I don’t care what you think” the more I’m on to them. Face it: you care, and, furthermore, you care enough to try and over establish how much you don’t care.

I’ll give you this story for example. My friend is a male nurse who makes very good money in his profession. He always tries to come off like “Oh, I don’t care what I have to wear, I just wear it.” That is until one day where he came clean to me: he had done three days worth of research into which types of mens scrubs to purchase. “This is nothing to be embarrassed about”, I told him, but I could see in his eyes that he still felt a little ashamed about his confession.

When I got home from seeing my friend, I decided to do a little research of my own into medical scrubs, and what I found made his endeavor seem more than justified. Scrubs aren’t just run of the mill uniforms, they are specialized pieces of equipment (yes, I said equipment) that are designed to help a doctor, nurse, or other medical professional through his or her daily life at work. A scrub must combine comfort with practability, as well as style with reliability. And with a price tag that is a bit higher than you would expect, the idea of spending a few days looking comparing different styles and companies seems more than justified, it seems absolutely necessary.

One of the biggest selling points about different types of scrubs is how well it will keep the wearer both cool and clean. Let me explain: doctors and nurses are on their feet all day, and well, they have a lot of liquids and fluids come their way during an average workday. One of the important functions of a scrub is to make sure these fluids, may it be sweat or, umm, various, off the skin. This is done by fabrics that move moisture away from skin, something that is vital in keeping the body cool and clean. Most scrubs are also made with fibers that help keep the fabrics smelling, and feeling, fresh and clean, even when introduced to these liquids, and also allow stains and sweat to be easily washed out in the washing machine. After learning all of this I’ll called my friend again to tell him that there was nothing to be ashamed of, though I still don’t think he believed me.

Kim Green knows men love their mens scrubs as much as women love theirs.