How often should you change your pillow?

In fact, many people don’t have the concept of changing pillows. Most people's pillows are actually used for a long time. Friends who are a little health-conscious will clean their pillows regularly, but most people use a pillow for a long time without cleaning it. So, how often should you change your pillow to be healthiest? Today we will introduce it to you, and we hope that everyone can pay attention to the hygiene of their pillows.

Causes facial skin problems

Because the facial skin is in direct and prolonged contact with the pillow when you sleep, debris, bacteria and other harmful substances in the pillow adhere to the face, which can easily cause facial infection and lead to various facial skin problems such as acne and blackheads.

Cause respiratory diseases

When we sleep, we hold the pillow tightly against our chest, so when we breathe, harmful substances in the pillow will enter the respiratory tract and lungs. If the pillow is not changed for a long time, breathing air mixed with bacteria for a long time can easily lead to respiratory diseases.

If you use the same pillow for a long time without changing it, the pillow will become seriously deformed and the pillow surface will become uneven. Sleeping with such a pillow for a long time can easily cause neck discomfort and induce various cervical spine diseases.

It can be seen that it is necessary to change pillows regularly. This is a kind of responsibility for our health. So, how often should we change pillows?

The replacement cycle for pillow cores with different fillings is also different. Latex pillows should be replaced every 3 to 4 years; down pillows should be replaced every 2 to 3 years; tea, buckwheat and other pillows need to be replaced once a year; and chemical fiber pillows should be replaced about every 3 months.

In addition to timely replacement, what other precautions should be taken when using pillows?

If the pillow is too high, it can easily damage the cervical spine and induce snoring; if it is too low, it can cause congestion of the blood vessels in the brain, increased blood pressure, and dizziness after waking up. The reasonable pillow height should be that after the pillow is placed, the torso and head are parallel when the person lies on his back; therefore, the most suitable pillow height should be between 10 and 15 cm.

The firmness of the pillow

If the pillow is too hard, it will cause discomfort due to the small contact area between the head and the pillow; if it is too soft, it will easily cause neck fatigue. Therefore, the hardness of the pillow must be moderate.

Pillows, which seem to be an ordinary daily necessity, surprisingly have so many requirements in their use. For the sake of health, we should not be negligent when dealing with pillows.