Dunlopillo - Choosing a Pillow

As your head weighs 4.5-5.0 kilos, you need a material that will support it for the eight hours or so one is asleep without losing its shape or collapsing. The Dunlopillo latex pillow is ideally suited for this purpose, being soft, supportive and gently resilient. It does not lose its shape during the night whereas the average fibre pillow, after a short period of time, is not properly supportive and tends to collapse and easily flatten.

A good pillow is essential to good sleep, and should keep the neck and spine in alignment during the night. The size of a person and their sleeping style will also influence the type of pillow required.

A pillow which is too soft will allow the neck to slip, causing spinal curvature, as will a pillow which is too high or too firm.

	Using too many pillows to create height causes the skin to crease on the top of the neck while the spine curves upwards slightly.
Too low or think a pillow causes a skin crease on the underside of the neck at the base. The line of the spine in the upper back and neck will curve downwards towards the mattress.
	The spine in your upper back remains level with the cervical spine in your neck for ideal comfort and support. There is no skin crease and the pillow or pillows are tucked into the neck/shoulder.

When a new bed is purchased, as the matt sleep surface does not yet have the usual body impression worn in over months and years, the alignment of the spine and neck is often affected, which may cause back and neck soreness.

Purchase of new pillows with a new bed is therefore recommended, so that both back and neck are correctly supported.

The Importance of a Good Pillow

Dunlopillo offers a range of luxury latex pillows to suit a variety of individual comfort needs.