Overview
- In a video posted Thursday, Frankel said she developed a facial bacterial infection from resort towels during a New Year’s trip to St. Barts.
- She described seeing bins of used towels and sheets behind hotels that sit with food, heat and other contaminants before washing, which she called unsanitary.
- Frankel said a doctor publicly clarified that viral claims about “facial chlamydia” were false, framing her case as a bacterial rash instead.
- She cited advice from a dermatologist and a facialist and warned that makeup sponges, powder puffs and brushes can also harbor bacteria.
- Frankel said a similar issue once affected her daughter, added that her own rash now appears cleared and told a follower she is researching how to travel with her own linens.