u r absolutely sure ur towel is clean and u've cleaned it with a gentle wash?with less harsh chemicals.

Hmm. My skin is more irritated when I don't pat it with a towel. Are you being really gentle when you're patting?

btw,using a cotton cloth or anything gentle helps.

i use a top of mine i wear the next day(at home) instead of my cloth towel that i use for my body.

i am sure its clean and its less hard (than normal towels)

I air dry my face, Im not sure if my skin was better or worse before when using a towell - but my skin feels better when I air dry it! Also before when I was using a towell, I was just using one which everyone else in the house used, so Im pretty sure it wouldnt have been doing my skin any favours as it mustve been fairly dirty!

I have a towel that I used just for my face. I dry my face on one side in the morning and at night on the other side then use a new one the next day. I go through a lot of towels obviously (but they're small) and I wash them with this:

I feel that it helps me break out less. I also change my pillow cases every 2 - 3 days.

I only dry my face with a fresh hand sized towel from the closet. But when im home- my family doesn't use the fragrance free detergent for allergic/irritation prone skin. So im thinking it may have to do with that. Not sure.