exemplary embodiment as a result of the pant leg cuffs 6 each having hook and loop closures these may have loop portions 10 and hook portions 11 ensuring adjustability the configuration of the pant leg cuffs 6 such that they are adjustable to the wearer is a separate invention which can be realized even in isolation from the other features of the present underpant in particular in an embodiment featuring a hook and loop closure system which is preferably assembled from loop portion 10 and hook portion 11 the pant leg cuffs 6 and or the described hook and loop closure at the pant leg cuffs 6 and or at the waistband 7 may also be omitted fig1 and 2 also depict a genital region 12 integrated into front side 3 the genital region 12 may optionally be specially protected for example by using there two or more plies of knitted fabric 1 in uhmwpe in the embodiment as per fig1 and 2 it may initially be provided that knitted fabric 1 in uhmwpe be only used in one ply in the first zone however a multi ply arrangement may also be provided here especially a double ply arrangement of knitted fabric 1 in uhmwpe comes into consideration it was determined in tests relating thereto that even a single ply uhmwpe web formed knit.