If you wash clothes every day then why not towels? Know how often and how to wash towels?

Did you wash your towel after bathing today? Or did you check how clean the towel is before using it? These two questions are such that for most people the answer would be ‘no’. In fact, there would be very few people who, after wiping their body with a towel, would put it in the washing machine to wash. A study conducted on 100 people has revealed that about one third of people wash towels once a month, some people wash towels once a year… 

A study conducted on towels states that the towel you use to dry your body is actually a breeding ground for millions of bacteria. Actually, even after bathing, some germs are present on our body, which move from our body to the towel. A study conducted in India found that only 20% of people wash their towels twice a week. 

Leave towels in the bathroom?

Many people leave the towel in the bathroom to dry after bathing and drying themselves. A study has revealed that doing this can be very dangerous for you. Actually, whenever we flush the toilet, many bacteria come to our toilet, along with them the toilet dirt also gets stuck on the towel. These bacteria start forming biofilm on the towels, due to which the color of our towel also changes and even after washing many times, our towel does not look the same as before. 

Leaving a wet towel can cause dangerous diseases

The longer we use a towel, the longer it remains moist. The study says that moist environment is favorable for germs and it can cause infection. Professor Elizabeth Scott of Simmons University in Boston says that due to moist towels, we can become victims of infections like Salmonella, Norovirus. You can even become vulnerable to viruses like COVID-19, because viruses like COVID-19 can survive on towels for up to 24 hours. 

So in how many days should the towel be washed

According to Jean-Yves Maillard, Professor of Pharmaceutical Microbiology at Cardiff University, habits such as washing towels regularly can help reduce bacterial infections. According to Professor Elizabeth Scott, towels must be washed at least once a week. However, people who are vulnerable to any infection should have their own towel. They say towels need to be washed at a higher temperature (40-60C, 104-140F) and for a longer time with antimicrobial detergent than household clothes. 

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