Padded undergarment

A method of reducing discomfort or pain in a human subject with a prostate condition comprising:

• (a) wearing on the subject an undergarment having a front side and back side connected by a crotch portion, a waistband, and two leg portions, corresponding to left and right legs of the subject, whereby the two leg portions define a left side and a right side of the undergarment, the undergarment comprising:
• a first pad disposed in the left side of the back side and a second pad disposed in the right side of the back side such that the first and second pads are symmetrical about a vertical line separating the left side and the right side of the back side, each of the first and second pads shaped in a comma-shape and comprising an external concave edge defining an upper wider portion that tapers to a lower narrower portion, and
• an unpadded area on the back side defined between the concave edges of the first and second pads, whereby the unpadded area is intersected by the vertical line,
• wherein the first and second pads are oriented such that their concave edges are directed toward the vertical line,
• wherein at least a bottom edge of the lower narrower portion of the first pad extends down into the left leg portion and at least a bottom edge of the lower narrower portion of the second pad extends down into the right leg portion such that a line intersecting the bottom edge of the first pad and intersecting the bottom edge of the second pad extends over a gap between the left leg portion and the right leg portion, and
• wherein an entire first surface of the first pad and an entire first surface of the second pad are coplanar when the undergarment is in an unworn and unfolded configuration,
• (b) positioning the first and second pads adjacent a perineal region of the subject whereby, when the subject is seated on a surface, the entire perineal region of the subject corresponds to the unpadded area defined between the concave edges of the first and second pads,
• (c) positioning at least the bottom edge of the lower narrower portion of the first pad to an area below a first gluteal fold of the subject and positioning at least the bottom edge of the lower narrower portion of the second pad to an area below a second gluteal fold of the subject,
• whereby, when the subject is seated on the surface, the perineal region of the subject is raised from the surface such that a portion of weight of the subject is reduced over the perineal region and distributed over the first and second pads.