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We knew our mother told us to wash our pillowcases often for a reason. Not only will it trap the dirt, sweat, and makeup from the day just to bury it in your face again the next night, but your pillow may be growing fungi living off the scales of you skin. All together now: "EW!"
You can combat the allergens by washing your pillowcase at least once a week, and either freezing your pillow for 24 hours or washing it in very hot water. [Ed note: Cold pillow = the best!]
By the time your pillow starts to grow fungus, however, it might be time to get a new one. Opinions vary on when exactly to replace your pillow, but a Good Housekeeping guru says a good rule of thumb is to fold it in half and if it doesn't pop back, then buy a new one.
Mysteriously discarded pillow via Adrian Wallet
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Hope everyone enjoyed the pillow fight, that now will slowly and surely kill you.
I've had the same pillow since high school.
When my pillow evolved sentience (or rather a collective colony of hyperintelligent fungi) in 2005, I named him Lars. He likes strawberries and old Elvis movies. Great guy.
This report does not address those of us in the population that cannot sleep without a memory foam pillow. What an affront to the prone-to-neck-pain population!
@groggy:
I used to sleep with one of those, and it actually made my neck hurt more, move around too much I guess.
Ugh, I get so grossed out when I see naked pillows (without the pillow cases). WTF? How did my head get so dirty that it leaks syrup into my pillow all night?
This condition of grody pillowness is known in my world as "Abraham Lincoln pillow." When I was a kid, I went to the Lincoln museum in DC, and they have the pillow he was laying on when he died. Guess what it looks like?
eew. I was just thinking about replacing my pillows... I will immediately now!
@Margaret Lyons....
Um, eeeewwwwww. Reminds me of that scene from, and the Soul Glo "head-spots" on the couch.
Altogether now.....eeeeeewwwwwww......
Margaret...your head leaks syrup? That's making me laugh in my cube right now. That may be the grossest/funniest description of anything I've heard in a while.
Also, speaking of Abraham Lincoln, looks like you've got a theme going on here. Spock Lincoln, Bowie Lincoln, the condition known as Margaret's Abraham Lincoln pillow...
Don't most people wash their pillow cases when they wash their sheets? And am I the only one who does that automatically every 7-10 days? Huh. And, call me old fashioned (actually I think it came from my Southern grandmother), but I also have pillow ticks (they're basically zippered pillow cases NOT bugs) that go on the pillow before the pillow case itself. I even wash my pillows themselves a couple times a year. It makes them all fluffy again.
And seriously . . . wash your face before going to bed at night and your pillow case will stay cleaner longer. And if you're sick, wash your pillow cases and sheets more.
And the same goes for wash clothes and towels.
@happygrl:
My mom had those pillow ticks too (never knew they had a name though) but I'm just too lazy to put two pillowcases on.
@margaret:
I'm really glad my lunch settled a couple hours ago. And yeah, the worst is the sort of outlines of yellowiness, like your head leaked here but not here. Blech.
You just wait. Next week CBS 2 will run an ad that says "WHAT YOU DON'T KNOW COULD KILL YOU! HOW A NORMAL BEDROOM OBJECT COULD BRING ABOUT YOUR DEMISE! TONIGHT FOLLOWING BASKETBALL!
Marcus, that was on last night!
http://cbs2chicago.com/health/pillow.allergens.fungi.2.684798.html
if you fold your pillow in half, and it doesn't pop back, it just might be perfect ... for one of your pillows. i have two or three on my bed. i'm in the market for a temperpedic next.
@smussy:
my boyfriend would agree with you there. His are so flat they're almost nonexistent. I just like them fluffy.
Dammit, I missed it! Thanks, Bekki. Maybe the video is on the website. Their commercial for the fire hydrant problem was played roughly 20,000 times during the basketball games last weekend.
uhm....yuck and that, but this is chicago relevant because......?
oh yes: we're dirty.
"You can combat the allergens by washing your pillowcase at least once a week,"
You mean, there are people who don't?! Between this and that deodes discussion, I think I might be staying home for a while.