Surprisingly Useful Ways to Use Dryer Sheets Around the House

Dryer sheets have so many other uses around the home—indoors, outdoors, in the garage.

If you are sensitive to dryer sheets, be sure to wear rubber or latex gloves when handling a new sheet. Nathan Antonino/Shutterstock

Apparently, I’m a slow learner. I can’t think of another reason it took years to associate my sons’ and husband’s itchy skin problems with the dryer sheets I used.

While we didn’t experience respiratory problems that are often associated with fabric softeners, there is credible medical evidence that the perfumes and additives in laundry products may also cause respiratory problems in some individuals.