How often do you wash your pillow? Not just the pillowcase

Smallcock

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Around 50% of people never wash their pillow.

"After two years, approximately 1/3 of a pillow’s weight contains dead skin, dust mites, and their droppings..." - https://www.usatoday.com/story/tech/reviewedcom/2017/03/28/how-to-clean-your-pillows/99703216/

I had been sleeping on the same pillow for 13 years. The pillow itself had staining on it, but it wasn't a faint yellow color that many people describe. Mine was a rich orange on the entire pillow. The pillow had a slight stickiness feel to it. I had noticed this before but due to my filthy bachelor lifestyle and difficulty in learning new things [mental disability], I did nothing about it. I saw it as normal.

Recently I decided it was time to buy a new pillow because of the stickiness of the old one. The new pillow is fluffy, supports my neck better, is fresh, and about 5 times lighter in weight (the old pillow weight must have been 95% dead skin cells, oils, salt, saliva, fungi, viruses, bacteria, mold, disease, dead dust mites, and over a decade's worth of their feces).

I think this is a breakthrough in helping allay symptoms of my chronic respiratory disorders. Wow!

Clean your pillows or buy new ones today!
 

katsrin

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The claim about 1/3 the weight of a pillow being dust mites is made in the article without giving a viewable reference source, and seems to me to be exaggerated.

The study described here says it may be up to 10%.

https://www.livescience.com/33097-does-your-mattress-really-gain-weight-over-time-.html

Either way, I agree changing a pillow from time to time is a good idea. I do it every couple of years, but I also rotate pillows (so they are not all in use at the same time).
 
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