Foam-pillow hygeine?

How do you all clean your foam pillows? All the ones I have found online state that they should be spot-cleaned. But I like to give my pillows a good wash weekly. I imagine a foam pillow would disintegrate after a few trips through the washer. I could probably get away with washing them less often now that I am drooling into my mask instead of my pillow. But I would still want to give it a good wash—not just a spot cleaning.

I use a pillowcase with my foam pillow, so have never felt the need to clean the pillow, just change the pillowcase. My foam pillow must be 10 or more years old.

Debbie

LSAT wrote:I would never consider washing a foam...or feather....pillow. Just use a pillowcase.

I wouldn't either.

If I were extremely concerned about body fluids penetrating the foam I would use some sort of inner liner that would prevent fluids from coming in contact with the foam. Water proof inner liners are available.

Excellent feedback, everyone. I just bought one. Maybe I'll wake up tomorrow morning with a mark-free face!

lars4life wrote:You just bought one. What? What kind? Tell us more!

Well, based on your enthusiasm for your pillow, I went out to Walmart and got the closest one to your description I could find. There were none by Mainstay, but I got one by Canopy. It was $19.00 instead of $12.00, but that's still better than $60.00.

For the first time since I started CPAP therapy, I woke up on the other side than the one I started out on. I see this as a very good thing: staying unconscious from one side to my back to my other side. That "channel" in the middle of the pillow did the trick, I think. I had a teeny bit of a sore neck in the morning, which I hope was just random. Also, the top of my head doesn't reach the top ridge of the pillow. But that I could roll around in my sleep without waking up trumps everything. I also like the "soft/firm" level: it's very comfortable.

Also, while I had indents in my face, they weren't the painful, red gouge-marks I get with other pillows.

Thank you for the recommendation, L4L: It looks like it might work out!