Iimpawu zelaphu leLycra zenza ukuba isetyenziswe ngokubanzi kwaye isetyenziswe ngokuhlukileyo kwibala lempahla. Inokuphucula kakhulu ukuziva, ukutsala, kunye nesakhono sokubuyisela amalaphu, ngaloo ndlela iphucula intuthuzelo kunye nokulingana kweempahla ezahlukeneyo. Nokuba yimpahla yangaphantsi, impahla yangaphandle, iisuti, iziketi, ibhulukhwe, okanye iimpahla ezinithiweyo, iLycra inokuzisa amava okunxiba amatsha. Ingakumbi xa idityaniswe noboya, le mathiriyeli yazisa utshintsho lwenguquko kushishino lwamalaphu ekupheleni kwenkulungwane yama-20 kunye nama-21.
I-Lycra inobunwe obugqwesileyo, obuyivumela ukuba ibonelele-ukunwebeka okulandelelanayo kwilaphu elinithiweyo, ngelixa kumatshini{1}}amalaphu enziweyo, ibonisa kuphela ukunwebeka kwicala lokuluka iLycra. I-Lycra idlala indima ebalulekileyo kukokubini ukunwebeka kobude beebhulukhwe ezinde kunye nokukhululeka kunye nenkululeko yokushukuma eziswa ngamalaphu alukiweyo angama-bi{3}. Ke ngoko, iingubo ezigqityiweyo eziqukethe i-Lycra azivumeli nje imibimbi ukuba ilulame, kodwa inika umntu ozinxibileyo amava okunxiba aguqukayo nangenamda.
