Our skin is exposed every day, suffering from countless bacteria, dust, sweat stains, grease attack and soaking, the damage is already unmeasurable, if even the cleaning tools are not clean, it is simply worse… Now it seems that many people will wait for the towel with yellow or broken before replacement, this is very wrong! Some experts say that if the towel is not regularly replaced, the degree of filth simply beyond the toilet ah, but also a health hazard! Every day with a towel to wipe your face, do you know how many bacteria on it? Because the towel long-term and skin “close contact”, often contaminated with human secretions, which hides many “dangerous molecules” (pathogenic microorganisms), easy to infect a variety of diseases, especially skin diseases, such as impetigo, ringworm, molluscum contagiosum and so on. A patient with acne on his face, the doctor diagnosed as a bacterial infection, the patient thought about it, and finally realized that the problem may be in the towel used every day. It turned out that his face had been scratched a bit before, and the bacteria might have been transmitted through the wound! He told the doctor that he usually pays close attention to hygiene, the towel, although used for almost a year, but every day will be cleaned on time, did not expect there are still so many bacteria. More than 6 months, millions of bacteria accompany you to wash your face! People’s Hospital of Peking University has done an experiment: the new towel, the use of 3 months of the towel and the use of more than 6 months of the towel were bacterial culture, the results found that, calculated per square centimeter, the new towel colonies in the order of magnitude of one hundred, 3 months of the towel colonies in the order of magnitude of 10,000, and the use of the towel in 6 months of the towel, the petri dish on the almost full-grown colonies, is estimated to be in the order of magnitude of one million. So sometimes your towels just “look clean”. Poor quality towels lose color and are dirtier than a rag! It is normal for a newly purchased towel to discolor slightly the first time you put it in the water. But if the color continues to fade, there are two possibilities, one is that the towel is a reprocessed product, and the other is that the towel uses inferior dyes. Most low-quality towels are dyed directly with dyes that contain carcinogenic substances such as aromatic amines. When the human body and towels containing aromatic amines have long-term contact, aromatic amines are easily absorbed by the skin, causing allergies, damaging the skin and jeopardizing health. Some patients who use new towels that have not been washed will experience skin allergies, which may also be related to these dyes. Why do towels become hard or sticky after a long time? Hard: towels used for a long time, the surface of the soft hair will slowly fall off, and finally thin only “skeleton”, it will become more and more hard. In addition, some calcium and magnesium ions in the water always love and did not rinse away the soapy water to make a small group, adhering to the towel, is also a major cause of hard towels. Sticky: When we use the towel to wipe the sweat, oil skin, if not regularly cleaned, the towel fibers are prone to gather residual dirt, time will be easy to feel oily sticky, dry it will be yellow, a little strange taste. In addition, many people will put the towel directly in the bathroom, because we can not be 100% completely wrung out after each use of the towel, coupled with a lot of bathrooms can not be directly ventilated, the sun, not a moment of moisture will be gathered at the bottom of the towel, so many towels will appear under the edge of the moldy and smelly. “Antibacterial” towel? Not reliable! Now, there are a lot of towel manufacturers on the market with “antibacterial” gimmick, in fact, most of the unreliable! If the towel fiber itself has antibacterial function, then the towel really has antibacterial effect, but at present there are very few fibers with this function, most of the antibacterial towels on the market will be injected with an antimicrobial agent, which can resist Escherichia coli, Staphylococcus aureus, Candida albicans, and so on, other towels can not be compared to the effectiveness of the towel. But these antimicrobial agents will gradually dissolve in water, with the increase in the number of times of use, the dose of antimicrobial agent is reduced, it and ordinary towels have no difference. Peace of mind with the towel, must do these 4 points! 1, the most effective high-temperature disinfection When cleaning towels, towels can be boiled in boiling water for 10 minutes, and then cleaned with detergent, after washing, then get ventilated to dry. If you think it’s a bit of a hassle to cook, you can also wash the towel and get the microwave oven for 5 minutes, the same can achieve the effect of high-temperature disinfection. 2, three months the best replacement! It is best to change a new towel every three months or so, in addition, once a week with hot water towels, to ensure that the towel is clean without mold. 3, let the towel more sunshine! Towels are mostly cotton fiber structure, especially easy to breed bacteria. If you always put the wet towel in the bathroom, long-term ventilation, more likely to let the bacteria multiply! So towels try not to shade dry, to let the sun exposure in order to have the role of sterilization, but also will not have a taste. 4, don’t let the same towel “body and several jobs” Everyone has to use their own towels, not a few people cross use. And everyone’s own towel should be clearly divided, wash your face, wash your hair, wash your feet, take a bath, wipe your hands, wash your PP, who’s responsible for who’s in charge of who’s in charge of who’s in charge of who’s in charge of who’s in charge of who’s in charge of! If you let one of these towels do multiple jobs, it’s not going to be happy about it and it’s going to come at you with some germs! Want to buy quality towels? You have to look and smell! Look Look at the material, towel materials are polyester, cotton, bamboo fiber, wood fiber. They each have their own advantages and disadvantages. Polyester cotton: poor water absorption, time will be hard! Pure cotton: feel good, more absorbent, has been popular with the public. But there are also shortcomings, not strong, easy to break the hole! Bamboo fiber: water absorption is better than polyester cotton and cotton, nearly twice as much as ordinary towels, especially suitable for humid and sultry weather, easy to sweat. Breathability is also good due to the high number of voids in the bamboo pulp fiber. This type of towel is used to avoid dry rubbing, try to get wet and use. It should be noted that it can not be soaked for a long time, sun exposure and high temperature washing. Smell Before picking a brightly colored towel, be sure to smell the towel first. Inferior chemical dye towel is easy to have some pungent smell. Bubble towel buy home do not rush to use, connect a pot of hot water, soak the towel in, the quality of the towel, no need to rub no knead, not a moment will have a serious color loss, while the quality of the good, no matter how to rub how to knead will be a pot of clean water. Small reminder Going out with a towel must be careful, especially the hotel towels are not so clean, disinfection measures may not be in place, in order to avoid infection, it is best to bring their own!