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How about showering before bed?

Flannel patterned sheets or fleece sheets might be more absorbent.

Also try changing sheets every couple days, and adding dishwasher detergent powder to your washing machine.

He showers around 7pm every day, basically the minute he gets home from work.

Edit: And he we have patterned sheets too that we use less often and they show it too.

I’m starting to think there’s no way around this lol

In general (for clothes at least) shades between white and black will show sweat stains the most. Stark white and stark are your best bet. For oily/yellowing it sounds like white isn’t doing it for you, so I think you might need to try black or at the least a dark navy. Gray even if it’s dark tends to contrast sweat more than navy.

Try navy blue. If you're part of the Costco thing, Kirkland brand cotton sheets are fairly high quality and come in a dark blue that's very good at hiding this very issue.

I buy extra pillowcases and change them every couple of days (mostly due to allergies). If his head is releasing oil and/or sweat onto his pillowcase, he probably shouldn’t have his face laying on it for multiple nights in a row, regardless of color.

This is a good idea! I’ll have to look for a set and hope I can find extra pillow cases that looks the same!! He is allergic to pretty much everything in spring and summer so this might help with his allergies as well. Thank you!!

Silk, I had the same problem with all kinds of different materials but just regular silk pillow cases was the answer. No more stains at all.

I would just get him to wear a sleep cap. Although that's not ideal, and can be kind of annoying for some people. If that doesn't work, honestly, I would just suck it up, it's not that big a deal.

One commenter suggested silk pillowcases? Might be the only other option?

Of course he shouldn’t be expected to wear a night cap to bed. Just let the poor guy sleep without being guilted about his pillowcase. It’s a non-issue outside of OP’s obsession.

If this is a recent thing, he might want to get a basic check-up, excess sweating/oil production could be a sign of a hormonal issue. You linked it to shaving head but why was head shaved? Because of overheating?

Try adding 1/2 teaspoon of TSP to the laundry. It's terrible for the environment, but it's amazing for getting rid of ring around the collar type of icky.

Tsp was regulated out of laundry detergent in the 90's and dishwasher detergents in the 00's for i think for good reasons. I will soak some laundry in it periodically to get rid of body oils.

Sleep sweats are the worst sweats

Dark blue is a good concealer

As someone with a shaved head and greasy scalp I will often wipe down my head with a washcloth. Either right before bed or randomly if feeling gross. Probably won't help if he sweats in his sleep though.

He was balding a little bit 😅

In addition to switching pillowcases more often as others suggested, you can try routinely pretreating the ones you just took off (ie, give them a quick spray with shout and toss them in the basket). I do this with heavy sweat items like the collars of my work shirts and it definitely helps.

Blue. Dark green. Burgundy. Buy individual pillowcases at Wal-Mart.

Also, maybe he should grow his hair back a bit. This sounds disgusting.

I always buy separates as I don’t use top sheets, so just look for these rather than brands that only sell sets. Then buy an extra pair or two of pillow cases and swap his out daily; use a pillow protector too so it’s not all going through into the pillow.

The other option is to buy a bunch of soft hand towels to lay over the pillow and swap those out daily, it can be more comfortable as it’s more absorbent than a pillow case.

No shame in that, happens to literally millions.

Not true for me

I had the same issue with my solid gray pillowcases. I got a set of complementary white/gray striped cases and the staining isn't as noticeable. You can also flip the cases after 2 days so he's sleeping on the "fresh" side. And as someone else mentioned I have multiple pillowcases and switch them out every 2-3 days. I actually feels better to sleep on the clean cases.

So I've had this issue since puberty. Realistically any color or pattern you use will show the discoloration eventually (even yellow). Darker colors with patterns work best to hide it.

Depending on how much it bothers you the best way to mitigate the problem is to change how frequently you change your sheets.

Try getting something darker with a busy pattern....this will mask any discolouration