allheart.com 100% cotton srubs and shrinking issues..

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I was looking to buy a pair or two of scrubs from allheart.com because they look pretty decent and they're pretty inexpensive. My only concern is that they are 100% cotton and my fears that they might shrink drastically after I've washed them. I usually wear a medium. I don't really want to get larges because I'm afraid that even if they shrunk a little bit they'd still be too big.

Do you think that I could get mediums and allow some shrinkage and they'd still be okay?

If anyone has any scrubs from allheart.com, please help me out. Or if you have any other good suggestions.

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Specializes in Surgical/Telemetry.

Mine shrunk drastically lengthwise when I bought 100% cotton from allheart. The medium size still fit widthwise. Good luck!

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I got the petite scrubs becouse I am short. They fit fine the first few wearings but became way to short after being washed several times but they still fit fine around the waist. If you are very tall you may want to consider getting the medium in the tall then if they shrink height wise they will fit fine and if they dont shrink like the womens scrubs do you could always get them hemed

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Specializes in Telemetry & Obs.

Any scrubs I'm worried may shrink I hang to dry and then tumble them a bit to get wrinkles out.

I have a couple that I can hang to dry and not have to touch them afterward...but they're a cotton/poly blend.

Nothing worse than paying out the wazoo for scrubs and have them shrink first thing :(

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Specializes in Onc/Hem, School/Community.

You may want to do a search on this message board. I believe there are several posts regarding allheart's poor customer service record. Just to let you know.

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Specializes in med/surg/tele/neuro/rehab/corrections.

I bought a few scrub tops from All Heart and when I washed my first one it did shrink drastically. I gave it away. It was large and in my opinion shrunk down to a size Medium. I didn't feel comfortable wearing it. Also, one of the shirts smelled like chemicals and had to be washed before I even wore it. I have two very pretty scrub tops that I have never worn because I'm afraid that if I do I will need to wash them and they will shrink and I will never be able to wear them.

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Just go to Wal-Mart and buy the ones there for $10.00 and the pants are like $12.00..

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Specializes in Case mgmt., rehab, (CRRN), LTC & psych.

I never, ever purchase 100% cotton scrubs due to shrinkage issues. For me, it always must be a cotton/polyester blend.....

Go to http://www.ebay.com and purchase Dickies scrubs online. You can buy the top and pants for $15 per set. It is even a better deal than WalMart and the scrubs are quality, name brand ones.

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I, too, have had problems with Allheart. Not only for slow/no service, but the pants have always shrunk. I am 5'11" so I can't afford much "shrinkage".

I bought pants from Aramark-Uniform.com the other day for around 5.00 each and scrub tops for around 4.00. They are Crest uniforms, so pretty durable and not too much problem with shrinking.

Hope this helps.

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