How Often Should You Replace Your Pillows? Sleep Experts Urge You Not to Ignore the 'Expiry Date' on This Bedding Essential

A bright bedroom with a boucle chair and cushion, a large bed with beige pillows and cushions, a plum duvet, a blue throw and a white side table.

Arguably, I'd say that pillows are the most important part of any good bedscape. Considering you rest your head on it every single night, or maybe even during the day (no judgment), these sleep accessories should be in tip-top shape.

And in the course of learning how to sleep better, I have understood that pillows don't always get refreshed as often as expected. These supportive sleep accessories, like any other part of your bedscape, have a valid shelf life, and experts say it could be as little as a year.