You're not washing your towels enough, and they're filled with bacteria
Washing bathroom towels is about to become your new favorite pastime
Washing bathroom towels is about to become your new favorite pastime
Washing bathroom towels is about to become your new favorite pastime
How often do you your towels? Whatever it is, it's not enough. As it turns out, we're supposed to wash our bathroom towels every two to three days.
conducted a poll on our laundry habits in 2018.
Of those polled, 50% said they use their bath towel at least five times before washing it. Their philosophy: "I'm clean when I use it."
If you fall into this category — or are in the 14% of people who only wash their towels after eight uses — here's what you need to know.
Dr. Charles Gerba, a microbiologist, told : "After about two days, if you dry your face on a hand towel, you're probably getting more E. coli on your face than if you stuck your head in a toilet and flushed it."
While Gerba recommends washing your bathroom towels every two to three days, the suggests after three or four uses.
As points out, towels provide a moist, dark and damp environment, which makes it ideal for growing bacteria.