Summer nights tend to blend into one another: a window left ajar, a light sheet, a rotating fan, and yet that heat clinging to the skin. When the temperature refuses to drop, the body struggles to shed its internal heat, which is actually needed to fall asleep. Wakefulness multiplies, we roll over again and again, and even the pillow ends up giving that sensation of a “furnace.”
People often think about the mattress or the duvet, paying much less attention to the pillowcase. Yet the head and neck stay in contact with that fabric for hours. One of the secrets to staying cooler at night is also the silk pillowcase. Several firsthand accounts show that it can truly change comfort, even without air conditioning.
Silk pillowcase: a discreet ally to help the body cool down
Our colleague at Top Santé recounts that she woke up “regularly drenched” despite the shutters being closed and the thin sheet, with one particularly annoying detail: “My hair, often damp at the roots, stuck to my scalp and hard to restyle.” Searching for a simple solution, she says: “It’s by looking for a straightforward solution that I became interested in choosing my pillowcase.”
She then tests an Emily’s Pillow pillowcase, made from mulberry silk renowned for its thermoregulatory properties. From the very first night, one thing stands out: the sensation of coolness as soon as the head rests on it. She notes that, unlike cotton which quickly becomes warm, silk stayed pleasant for longer. The fiber, naturally breathable, allows air to circulate more freely around the skin and reduces that pillow-burn feeling.
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Heatwave, nighttime sweating and sticky hair: what silk actually changes
As the nights go by, the room remains just as hot, but the perceived comfort improves. A customer review on Amazon under the product captures this impression well: “Silk stays cool in summer and is temperate in winter. You never end up with the hot side of the pillow, which markedly improves the quality of deep sleep.”
Regarding sweating, the difference is most noticeable for the hair and the nape. In her testimony, the journalist explains that her hair was “significantly less damp upon waking,” less tangled, less sticky. An Amazon user confirms that “the absence of friction limits the appearance of sleep marks on the face and helps prevent breaking the hair fiber.”
The question of care remains. The Emily’s Pillow pillowcase is machine washable at 30 °C on a delicate cycle.
Sources
- Top Santé
“Heatwave — I don’t have air conditioning, but I found the pillowcase that helps prevent night sweating.”
