Although acne can have many causes, when the doctor saw that the left side of the woman’s face had more acne than the right side, he immediately started to guess the cause.
Taiwanese Dr. Huo Chuang-jie shared this case on a TV program, saying that a female college student who was studying far from home and living in a dormitory found that her acne problems were getting worse. She asked, “When I was in high school, my acne was never this bad. Why did it get worse when I went to university?”
Dr. Hua replied that there are many factors that can make acne worse. Such as eating disorderly, not getting enough rest, and not washing your face. However, since the acne was more severe on the right side of her face than the left, she assumed that it might be due to “local factors”.
Dr. Huo Zhuangjie asked curiously, “Where do you sleep? And how long have you not washed your pillowcase?” The female student then remembered that she only washed her pillowcase. When she went home during the holidays. Which meant that she had not washed it for about a year.
Hearing this, he complained that if the pillowcase was not washed frequently. It would become a breeding ground for bacteria that would cause acne on the ยูฟ่าเบท face. Furthermore, if it had not been washed for a year, it would be “like hugging a toilet bowl every night.”
International research shows that if a pillowcase is not washed within a week. If will accumulate 17,000 times more bacteria than on a toilet bowl. Which means you are “sleeping on the toilet for 8 hours a day”.
Dr. Hua explains that for bacteria, pillowcases are a nutrient-rich “breeding ground” because everyone sheds skin cells on their faces every day, including dandruff from their scalps. Sometimes, there is sweat, saliva, oil on the face and scalp, or makeup is not completely removed. Making pillowcases an excellent breeding ground for bacteria.
Therefore, Dr. Hua recommends washing your pillowcases every week, especially for those with oily skin or those who use skin care creams and makeup. You should change your pillowcases every week to maintain their health and cleanliness.