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Teach you how to choose the right towel

Asked by:Beebe

Asked on:Apr 15, 2026 03:50 PM

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  • Carlee Carlee

    Apr 15, 2026

      It’s best to change your towel every three months

      There are many varieties of towels in the market, and the prices are cheaper than in shopping malls and supermarkets. Although there is no label on the towel and the color is very dull, you can't even buy a towel in the supermarket at this price. But cheap is no good. These towels change color easily when put in water ; Apply soap to the towel and the bubbles will be of other colors.

      And after using it for a few days, not only did the towel continue to fade, but there were also moldy black spots. Many towels are dyed. It is normal for newly bought towels to fade slightly after being put into the water for the first time. If it continues to fade, there are two possibilities. One is that the towel is a reprocessed product, and the other is that the towel uses inferior dyes.

      Inferior dyes are produced using waste raw materials and inferior chemical dyes. The cost is only one-tenth of regular dyes, and they also contain carcinogens such as aromatic amines. When the human body is in long-term contact with towels containing aromatic amines, it is easy to be skin absorb, induce cancer or allergies, carcinogens can lie dormant in the human body for up to 20 years. Therefore, washing your face with towels dyed with inferior dyes is just like washing your face with industrial wastewater. It will seriously damage your skin and harm your skin. healthy

      How to buy towels correctly? You get what you pay for. Don’t be cheap. Go to regular shopping malls and supermarkets to buy towels. Pure cotton is the first choice for towels. There are a wide variety of towel designs and colors. Most consumers choose towels firstly because of the affordable price, and secondly because of the feel.

      There are generally three types of towels sold on the market, with different water absorbencies. You can distinguish them by the small labels on the edges of the towels.

      The first type is cut pile towel. Cut velvet towels are very soft, more comfortable to use, and have stronger hygroscopicity and softness than ordinary towels.

      The second type of jacquard towel. Jacquard towels are very beautiful, with exquisite patterns and bright and varied colors, but their hygroscopicity and softness are slightly inferior.

      The third type is twistless yarn towel. It feels very soft and has very good hygroscopicity. It also protects the skin. It is one of the more fashionable beauty towels nowadays.

      To sum up, we must choose the towel correctly, otherwise it is easy to damage our own health. Especially in summer, when there are many bacteria, many people are attracted by words such as "antibacterial" when buying towels, but the antibacterial effect of towels is not great. So for everyone’s health, it’s better to buy towels in regular shopping malls or supermarkets.