That feeling of first resting your head on a brand-new pillow is almost unmatched, but you quickly lose that sensation once your head has made an imprint on the fabric.
Even after washing your pillows - which, as we previously reported, you should be doing every four to six months - and fluffing them, they never quite return to their former glory, leaving you chasing that feeling of a brand-new pillow after just a couple of months.
But one man has shared the perfect hack for restoring your pillows to a non-lumpy state, and the only items you'll need are a tennis ball, a sock, and your tumble dryer, Express.co.uk reports.
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Sleep expert Martin Seeley, who is the CEO of MattressNextDay, has said that while fluffing your pillows every day is very important to keep them plump and soft, lumpy pillows should be thrown in the dryer with a tennis ball that's been placed inside a sock.
He said: “When making your bed feel like a five-star hotel, you should also fluff your pillows daily. To do this, you just need to pick it up and hold the left and right sides of the pillow and compress and decompress.
"However, if you have a lumpy pillow, there’s another hack.
"Simply place it in the dryer with a tennis ball or two inside a clean sock."
The next step is to put your dryer onto the lowest setting and run it for 30 minutes. This process will beat the lumps out of your pillows, while the sock helps to prevent the neon dye from the tennis ball imprinting on your pillow.
Martin added: “Turn the dryer on to the lowest setting possible and turn it on for 30 minutes.
“The tennis balls should beat the lumps out of the pillow, and the sock will prevent the dye of the tennis ball from appearing on your pillows.”
Other experts also suggest fluffing lumpy pillows to help loosen the lumps, which can be done by grabbing both the left and right sides of the pillow, lifting it up and quickly compressing and decompressing it.
In particular, down and feather pillows can get lumpy from sweat and moisture if they’re used over a long period of time, so if you own one of those types of pillows you should shake and fluff them each morning to help promote air flow between the feathers.
Pillows, if washable, should be washed every four to six months - but pillowcases should be washed once a week.
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