Are you someone who likes to go to bed with wet hair? Well, you might want to change your ways.
A Canadian cleaning and hygiene expert has shared in a now-viral video why you should never go to bed with your hair wet.
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Mary Further, known online as Madame Sweat, has outlined three reasons you should dry your hair before going to bed.
She detailed fungal infections, dirty pillowcases and hair damage as some of the problems that can arise when going to bed with wet hair.
“I’m going to give you three things that you probably should worry about,” she began the video.
1. Fungal infections
The first reason you should never go to bed with wet hair is that you could actually get a fungal infection in your scalp.
“If you have dandruff, it’s going to make it even worse because fungus will grow from moisture,” she explained.
2. Dirty pillowcases
Next on the list is also a pretty disgusting one.
“If you haven’t already cleaned your pillowcase, you’d better get working on it after you go to bed with wet hair,” Mary said.
She said pillowcases were already “a hot bed for fungus”.
“(So) you’re going to cause even more by putting that moisture into the pillow and letting it sit there and fester,” she said.
3. Hair damage
Lastly, hair damage is a real risk when it comes to going to bed with wet hair.
“When your hair is damp, it is in a weakened state, which means it has to be treated very gently,” she said.
“When you’re tossing and turning on your pillow, you can actually cause breakage at the shaft of your hair, which means you’re going to actually end up with a lot more split ends.
“So don’t go to bed with your hair wet.”
Her video has garnered more than 99,000 views and many have agreed with her assessments.
“It will also smell like dirty laundry,” said one.
Another added: “Oh my god, these thoughts went through my head the other night, so I woke up and used a hair dryer. Ew to fungus.”
A third said, “This is 100 per cent correct.”
The hygiene and domestic expert recently also shared a video on how to get rid of cooking smells.
“Start by boiling a cup of water on the stove,” she said.
“Then take a lemon or an orange, cut it in quarters, keep the skin on and pop it in the boiling water.”
If you don’t have any citrus fruit on hand, the founder of Madame Sweat suggests using vinegar instead.
“Just add half a cup of white vinegar to the cup of boiling water and it will take away the odour,” she said.
That video has been viewed more than two million times, with hundreds weighing in on her “brilliant” tip.
“My mum used to do this when making Indian food and it works,” one shared.
Another suggested: “Good idea for people that live in tiny houses or campers.”
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