How often should you wash your towels?
Your towels might look clean, but you should probably wash them more often than you think…
Spring is here, which means less washing and quicker drying times for our clothes.
Although you might have less washing, there is still one item you should not overlook – towels.
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So, how often should you actually wash your towels?
To some, it might be common sense that you should wash your towels regularly, but a recent survey of about 2,200 UK adults suggests that only some know that.
Of those asked, 44% said they would wash their towels after three months or more.
Dr Sally Bloomfield, a home hygiene expert and specialist in preventing infectious disease, says "a sensible amount would be at least once a week".
"I am somewhat shocked, because I would have thought that the towels would become encrusted, sweaty and be very uncomfortable to use," she told BBC News.
Despite the fact they may look clean, they'll have picked up millions of germs over time and could be a serious health hazard to whoever you live with.
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She says if you don't wash your towels regularly, "the number of organisms on the towels builds up," and when it comes to laundry time, "it's very difficult to remove all of them".
When we dry the different parts of our body, towels pick up different organisms.
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