Our Experts With 5+ years of mattress testing experience, we use our different sleeping position and body type perspectives to offer well-rounded, honest reviews. Our Picks Living with allergies can be tough. The constant sneezing and watery eyes can make doing simple daily activities surprisingly difficult.
However, you can keep your allergies at bay while improving your sleep with a hypoallergenic mattress. Did you know your mattress may house up to 10 million microscopic dust mites ? Dust mites are drawn to warm and humid environments; unfortunately, this includes your bed. The older your mattress and pillows are, the more creepy crawlies may be lurking beneath the covers, and just using mattress protectors won't be of much help.
Additionally, if you have a furry friend, pet dander could be making your situation worse, triggering more allergic reactions. Many bed manufacturers are now making mattresses with hypoallergenic materials. Most of these mattresses are natural latex mattresses, the material for which is naturally derived from the sap of rubber trees and free of chemicals.
Generally, latex foam is durable, bouncy and responsive, springing back into shape faster than traditional memory foam. Hypoallergenic mattresses typically tend to be more temperature-neutral than memory foam mattresses. They're great unless you've got latex allergies.
As someone with allergies, having a hypoallergenic mattress has made a huge difference in my sensitivities. We can't guarantee th.