One in three Britons washes their sheets once …

A study by furniture company Hammons found that 30% of Britons only wash their bedding once a year, a hygiene problem that also recurs with clothing and which may have been made worse by the quarantines imposed to stop the coronavirus.

Search titled “The Dirty Truth: Cleaning Habits in the UK” was based on a sample of 2,000 people who also found that two in ten Britons (18%) wash their jeans once a year.

While the situation changes with underwear, where 80% report washing these clothes after each use, there are still 25% of men and 13% of women who do it after five uses.

In turn, the sample revealed a problem with washing winter clothes, such as scarves and gloves, clothes that tend to harbor germs.

Aragona Giuseppe, doctor and author of the study, recalled the importance of changing the sheets once a week to have an optimal cleaning and thus avoid the accumulation of mites, bedbugs and fungi, which can cause skin irritations.

“It is important to wash clothes and bed linens regularly for general cleaning and to keep the body clean and healthy. If you don’t wash your clothes frequently, you can run the risk of getting an infection or just feeling or smelling bad, ”says Giuseppe.

In this sense, he specifies that “we must wash the sheets and pillowcases as if they were dirty, because they can promote acne, spots and other skin problems due to the transfer of dirty bacteria in the sheets on the skin”.

As for underwear, the expert indicates that washing must be done after each use. As, suggests that winter clothes be washed every five to ten uses.

Finally, Kirsty Oakes, director of product and marketing at Hammons, advises, “Especially now with telecommuting, you can postpone a lot of washes. Take the time to renew your clothes and always wear clean clothes every day, even if you work from home. Remember how amazing you feel when you go to bed with clean, fresh linens. “