sweaty head/yucky pillows!

VfM4meplse

This thread reminds me of one of the myriad of things that puts me off men! I think what's being described is seborrhoeic dermatitis, I find the smell unbearable.

It would seem the tumble dryer is your friend. Saves chopping a head off, anyway!

Slowly57

It could be worse - it could be spray tan rubbed off on the bedding mmmmm lovely :eek:

Slowly57

VfM4meplse wrote: »

This thread reminds me of one of the myriad of things that puts me off men! I think what's being described is seborrhoeic dermatitis, I find the smell unbearable.

Nope - not seb dermatitis - I have that and I don't smell
Tiredness and stress triggers mine.

Slowly57

JackieO wrote: »

what a daft thing to get upset by I would give anything to have my late husbands pillowcases looking mucky again My bed is pristine and even though I sleep alone there is nothing brings it home to me as much as the unused pillows on his side of the bed.Be happy you have your husbands/partners with you and just wash them .Worse things to get stressed over ladies

Sorry that this struck a nerve JackieO - hugs and xx for you (and hope the heating issue is on its way to being sorted)

Primrose

My husband has a similar problem despite washing his hair every day.

He says it's because his face and head get too hot and sweaty in the night. I have a couple of very thin white towels which I keep spare and put one of them on top of his pillow case. He has found for some reason that when his head spends the night in contact with that, rather than the pillow case and the oillow, his head stays cooler and any grease seeps onto the towel which can easily be changed more regularly than the bedding.

If you're worried about how it looks during the daytime you can always tuck the towel away under the pillow.

ScarletRibbons

Yes, it does happen with bald men.

POPPYOSCAR

Do posters realise this thread is over 7 years old!!

Techno

If you want to use a hot wash then I would save your money re Biological washing powder as it stops working by the time it reaches 60 degrees. It contains enzymes which 'digest' stains (like the enzymes in our guts) but they work best at body temp (ie about 40) and at 60 they become denatured, ie stop working so if you are going to do a hot wash use cheap non-bio or soak in vanish or equivalent first then wash at 40 with bio

jones0034

As a man suffering from this problem, I found this thread whilst trying to find some helpful suggestions on how to combat it. Instead, I'm shocked at the number of ridiculing and straight up sexist comments against men (I'm looking at you, @VfM4meplse). If it were the other way round, this thread would have been labelled sexist and deleted ages ago.

Shame on you