How often should you wash your pajamas?
You probably wear the same pajamas for a week and maybe even even keep it a few more days before changing it.In 2015, an English survey showed that women were waiting on average 17 days to wash the outfit against 13 days for men.According to Pierre Parneix, a hygienist doctor at the Bordeaux University Hospital, "it starts to do long".So what is the rule to respect to guarantee clean nights?
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Perspiration and bacteria
If you are looking for a feeling and a clean smell released by its pajamas, nothing prevents, obviously, from putting a new one every night.To prevent the laundry basket from overflowing, "we can rather change it once a week," said the hygienist doctor, if you take a shower in the evening and if you don't sweat too much.»Sweating of the night can indeed cause more or less significant maceration under the pajamas and thus cause bad odors.
Dermatologist Catherine Laverdet is a little strict on the calendar, and recommends changing pajamas every two days.According to the doctor, any sleeper bearing leggings should not keep it more than a night.Sale pajamas is a reserve of dead skins, mites or dust, "which can cause respiratory problems or allergies," explains Catherine Laverdet.
By carrying out the outfit too long, bacteria can also develop there because of the sweat absorbed by the fabric."Those potentially present can be golden staphylococci in the skin, or germs of the perineal flora (mainly from stool) which would be on the pajamas of people who sleep without underwear," explains Pierre Parneix.These germs can then be the cause of urinary tract infections, especially in women."The closer the night clothing, the greater the risk of infection, notes the hygienist doctor.
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Sleeping naked, a solution?
It is certain that the sleeper who does not focus on him drastically reduces the risks of bacteria development."It all depends on everyone's habits, but we realized that while sleeping naked, we were more cool and that sleep was of better quality," says dermatologist Catherine Laverdet.And then this avoids a maximum of sweating.Be careful, on the other hand, to ensure the hygiene of his sheets and to think of changing them more frequently.
* Initially published in November 2020, this article was the subject of an update.
