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Beth Mahoney

Why do pillows turn yellow? Here's how to prevent those icky stains

A wooden bed with white bedding on a pink and cream background.

POV: You treat yo’self and have found the perfect pillow. It’s the ideal combination of squishy and supportive and you couldn’t be more obsessed. But then, out of nowhere, icky-looking yellow stains appear. It's happened to the best of us.

At first, you might assume you’ve spilled something. But that isn’t the case, there are actually a range of different causes for a yellow pillow, most of which are linked to moisture (but not the spilled drink kind). 

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