AIBU to ask how often you wash your pillows?

[StrawberrySundance]

In the last couple of years I have been getting spots on my face.

I bought new creams, drank more water, washed my pillowcase more often ... but today I realised that I have not washed my pillow once in the 10+ years since I bought it

Anyway, I am off to buy a new pillow.

DP is horrified and I feel very very judged, but surely I am not alone in my slatternly ways?!

I don’t routinely wash pillows. I have if something horrible has landed on it, like dog vomit etc., but other than that I don’t bother.

Erm. I've never washed my pillow....

Never, they have covers on, if you wash them, they die! Just buy new ones every 6 months or so

In my experience pillows don't wash well. I use quilted pillow protectors and buy new pillows every now and again.

Buy new pillows every 6 months?!! Good lord! Really?

Wash the actual pillows or the pillow cases?

If I washed my pillows it would look like I murdered several chickens with my washing machine

I wash the pillow cases regularly. But not the actual pillows!

OP do you use pillow protectors?

Wash them every 6 months. Then I write on the label when I've washed it. Duvet I do every year, in Summer when it drys quickly on the line.

^Actual pillows. Pillow cases get washed every week.

I buy new pillows once a year if that. I always ensure I have pillow protectors though.

I use foam pillows now which are much less likely to harvest dust mites etc.
Buying a new pillow every 6 months is outrageous

Never
I don't know what a pillow protector is
I buy new ones when they get too out of shape, every 2-4 years?

Why on earth would you buy new pillows every 6 months?! What a waste of money and the world's resources.

OP, I don't wash them either, it doesn't end well IME! As someone else said, I used protectors and wash these when they look minging regularly

I wash pillowcases every week but I've never washed an actual pillow. I use them until they're looking used (misshapen/stained 🤢) and then I buy new ones. I figure it's my dirt which doesn't bother me. I'd be aghast at dirty pillows in a hotel though.

I take them to dry cleaners yearly, together with our duvet

Pillow Protectors

www.argos.co.uk/browse/home-and-garden/bedding/pillow-protectors/c:29481/

I tend to do the sniff test.

Which means that I tend to wash pillows used by males a lot more.

My current pillows (foam type) are supposed to be anti-allergic but also wash and dry very quickly.

Hmmmmmm thanks for the pillow protector tip.

Shall just buy a pillow protector instead of a new pillow? Or is it too late for me?

Shall I buy both?

I'm currently on the bus into town feeling very stressed about this!

I have never washed my duvet either, it is 4 years old at this stage...

We use pillow protectors and wash those instead.

Never. They don't wash well at all. I've washed DD's when she vomited on it but it came out all misshapen and I ended up having to get rid and just buy a new one.
I just wash pillow cases regularly and buy new ones when needed.

Just stick them in the washing machine on a low spin then hang them out to dry! Then bash them back into shape.
Its never been a problem for me!

Sorry, not foam. Not rigid in shape. Some sort of soft fibre. They don't change shape like some but are very soft.

If you've had a pillow for 10 years, it's probably best to buy a new one in any case.

I usually wash them once every 6 months. As a pp said, it can look like murder in the chicken slaughterhouse afterwards, but it is definitely worth it!

I’ve never washed a pillow either. We use pillow cases and thick pillow protectors which both get washed regularly