{"id":424,"date":"2020-07-09T21:39:48","date_gmt":"2020-07-09T20:39:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/hamletlaundry.com\/blog\/?p=424"},"modified":"2023-11-11T10:30:33","modified_gmt":"2023-11-11T10:30:33","slug":"change-your-bed-sheet-frequently","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hamletlaundry.com\/blog\/change-your-bed-sheet-frequently","title":{"rendered":"How often should you change your bed sheet"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"424\" class=\"elementor elementor-424\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-7e1ee040 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"7e1ee040\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-2b3b6954\" data-id=\"2b3b6954\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6da65039 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"6da65039\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<style>\/*! elementor - v3.23.0 - 05-08-2024 *\/\n.elementor-widget-text-editor.elementor-drop-cap-view-stacked .elementor-drop-cap{background-color:#69727d;color:#fff}.elementor-widget-text-editor.elementor-drop-cap-view-framed .elementor-drop-cap{color:#69727d;border:3px solid;background-color:transparent}.elementor-widget-text-editor:not(.elementor-drop-cap-view-default) .elementor-drop-cap{margin-top:8px}.elementor-widget-text-editor:not(.elementor-drop-cap-view-default) .elementor-drop-cap-letter{width:1em;height:1em}.elementor-widget-text-editor .elementor-drop-cap{float:left;text-align:center;line-height:1;font-size:50px}.elementor-widget-text-editor .elementor-drop-cap-letter{display:inline-block}<\/style>\t\t\t\t<p><!-- wp:paragraph --><\/p>\n<p>It is an unconscious mind question , how often should I change my <a href=\"https:\/\/hamletlaundry.com\/\">bed sheet<\/a> ? There is no better feeling at the end of a long day than enveloping your tired self into <a href=\"https:\/\/hamletlaundry.com\/blog\/best-laundry-service-and-dry-cleaning-in-canary-wharf\">clean<\/a> silky sheets and drifting off to sleep surrounded by freshness. Let\u2019s face it, we all crave that feeling. But the problem is that unless you live in a hotel (or your mum\u2019s house?) then in order to achieve that bliss you have to do all the changing and washing up the sheets by yourself (gasp!) and be pretty organized about it. And who has time for that?\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><!-- \/wp:paragraph --><\/p>\n<p><!-- wp:paragraph --><\/p>\n<p>How often should you\u00a0<em>really<\/em>\u00a0change your sheets and how long is too long to go without changing them? We\u2019re in the beginning of summer and suddenly it doesn\u2019t seem that urgent of a chore, but in reality it\u2019s probably more urgent than you think.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><!-- \/wp:paragraph --><\/p>\n<p><!-- wp:paragraph --><\/p>\n<p>Think about it. You spend one third of your life in your bed and so in close proximity to your bed sheets. That\u2019s more time than you spend wearing your favorite underwear. So what\u2019s the recommended frequency of sheet changing?<\/p>\n<p><!-- \/wp:paragraph --><\/p>\n<p><!-- wp:heading --><\/p>\n<h2><em>The verdict<\/em><\/h2>\n<p><!-- \/wp:heading --><\/p>\n<p><!-- wp:paragraph --><\/p>\n<p>While your specific sheet changing habits might vary\u00a0<em>a little bit\u00a0<\/em>depending on your lifestyle, your body, and your preferences, most experts agree that you should change your sheets\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/hamletlaundry.com\/\">every week\u00a0<\/a>or\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/hamletlaundry.com\/\">every two weeks<\/a>.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><!-- \/wp:paragraph --><\/p>\n<p><!-- wp:paragraph --><\/p>\n<p>If you want to compare how your sheet changing habits compare to that of the rest of the population, according to one\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/hamletlaundry.com\/\">study<\/a>\u00a0done in Britain, 55% of people wash their sheets every week, 21% do it every one or two months, 3% change their sheets every 6 months, and 3% do it only once a year.<\/p>\n<p><!-- \/wp:paragraph --><\/p>\n<p><!-- wp:paragraph --><\/p>\n<p>Now you can feel a little better about yourself and the fact that you haven\u2019t changed your sheets since the first weekend of the previous month.We can only hope that London\u2019s \u00a0sheet changing habits are a little bit more agreeable than those of\u00a0 Americans , but we\u2019ll never know without a survey of our own.<\/p>\n<p><!-- \/wp:paragraph --><\/p>\n<p><!-- wp:paragraph --><\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><!-- \/wp:paragraph --><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-90ea1a2 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"90ea1a2\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-e17d506\" data-id=\"e17d506\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-19936ad elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"19936ad\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<style>\/*! elementor - v3.23.0 - 05-08-2024 *\/\n.elementor-widget-image{text-align:center}.elementor-widget-image a{display:inline-block}.elementor-widget-image a img[src$=\".svg\"]{width:48px}.elementor-widget-image img{vertical-align:middle;display:inline-block}<\/style>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"640\" height=\"537\" src=\"https:\/\/hamletlaundry.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/hamletlaundry.com_.png\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-427\" alt=\"Hamlet Laundry Ltd\" srcset=\"https:\/\/hamletlaundry.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/hamletlaundry.com_.png 940w, https:\/\/hamletlaundry.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/hamletlaundry.com_-300x251.png 300w, https:\/\/hamletlaundry.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/hamletlaundry.com_-768x644.png 768w, https:\/\/hamletlaundry.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/hamletlaundry.com_-716x600.png 716w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" title=\"\">\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-3df6ac9 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"3df6ac9\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-c9f2a02\" data-id=\"c9f2a02\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a0f56ea elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"a0f56ea\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>If you\u2019re wondering why exactly you should not follow in the footsteps of the 3% of Brits who change their sheets annually, read on.<\/p>\n<p>What\u2019s so bad about waiting to change your sheets? It\u2019s not like they smell, and they don\u2019t look dirty, and it\u2019s winter so we don\u2019t sweat, right? And you don\u2019t have any allergies or pets either. What\u2019s the harm waiting a couple of months?<\/p>\n<p>Here is a piece of news for you, allergy-free, daily-showering, child- and pet-free healthy single people: regardless of your lifestyle, health and hygiene habits, your sheets needs to be changed pretty regularly.<\/p>\n<p>An average person sheds about 500 million skin cells per day and produces around\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.researchgate.net\/publication\/7406800_Fungal_contamination_of_bedding\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">100L of sweat<\/a>\u00a0per year. It is safe to say that much of these end up in your bed, along with pet dander (if you have pets), pollen and dirt that you pick up every day.<\/p>\n<p>Dust mites \u2013 those tiny creepy crawlies that feed on your dead skins, leave droppings on your bedsheets and may\u00a0contribute\u00a0to the development of asthma and hay fever.<\/p>\n<p>According to Philip Tierno, a microbiologist from New York University who spoke to\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.businessinsider.com.au\/how-often-to-wash-bed-sheets-2017-6?r=US&amp;IR=T\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Business Insider<\/a>, daily close contact with this build up will have detrimental effects on your health. \u201cEven if you don\u2019t have allergies per se,\u201d he says \u201cyou can have an allergic response.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>So go ahead, take a break from scrolling and swiping and go change your sheets. Your body and your lungs will thank you for that. The creepy crawlies won\u2019t.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Hamlet <a href=\"https:\/\/hamletlaundry.com\/blog\/best-laundry-service-and-dry-cleaning-in-berrylands\">laundry<\/a> is one of the <a href=\"https:\/\/hamletlaundry.com\/blog\/how-to-choose-the-best-dry-cleaning-service-in-london\">best<\/a> laundry and dry cleaners in your local area who recommend you wash your bed sheet frequently once in a week to keep it germs free, hygienic, and cheer feelings while you use it. For a quality wash, you must maintain temperature, detergent, and bio or non-bio technology. Hamlet laundry has expertise on this section and confidently let you know that they will collect your dirty cloth from your home, wash and deliver to your fresh cloth to use immediately. All three steps will do\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/hamletlaundry.com\/\">within 24 hours<\/a>. Don\u2019t you think that is it more convenient, time-saving and make your life easy. 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