If you have dust mite allergies, you know that washing your bedding is an important part of your allergy control program.

We often get calls from people that think if you have to wash your sheets every week, you should wash your zippered dust mite proof covers every week.  What a chore that would be!

If you are washing your sheets and blankets every week, then you should only need to wash your dust mite proof mattress cover a few times a year.  Personally, I find that my zippered dust mite proof pillow covers need washing about every 6 weeks.  I find the oils from my hair go through the pillowcase and soils the zippered dust mite proof pillow cover underneath.

I just take the zippered cover off the pillow and toss it in the laundry along with the sheets and some De-Mite. I dry them all in the dryer on the medium (perma-press) setting and then put them back on the bed.  Simple, but oh so important in controlling dust mite allergy.