Over years, mattresses can gain a few pounds due to the accumulation of dead skin and dust mites, but they won't double in weight.
A mattress can gain between 10% and 20% of its original weight over a period of 10 years, depending on factors such as the mattress type, the environment, and how well the mattress is maintained. ref
On 8 March 2015, popular Facebook user George Takei published a post...stating that the weight of mattresses doubles every 10 years...attributed to the "accumulation of dust mites and dust mite droppings"...I never quoted that statistic. I told [the reporter] that Internet web sites have statistics that try to strike fear in the consumer...She asked me if any of these statistics have any scientific merit and I told her that none of them are in the literature. To the layman that is NO! ref
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