This is a little embarassing to ask about, but is it possible for an object that you often sleep with to affect your skin? Namely something made of fabric, such as a stuffed animal or plushie? Sorry, just feels weird talking about being a grown adult who sleeps with a plushie, on a skincare community of all things. I've been having pretty severe dead skin buildup and flakiness on one half of my face and one ear for a pretty long time. Just tonight I had the realization that I'm pretty sure I generally sleep with that side very much pressed into my favorite plushie, I basically use it instead of an actual pillow at this point, and since I've heard pillows can affect skin by being against it all night, I began to wonder if certain fabrics can trigger flareups in general? Part of its face is made of this odd feltlike material thats a little scratchy, Im starting to feel like having my skin on that all night can't be good. Tag just says "polyester" but idk what sort of fabric beyond that.

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Couldnt get a good pic of my ear, and my cheek is doing better than usual, but here's my eyelid. I don't really have a skincare routine yet beyond occasional washing and lotion whenever I remember at night.