You stupidly stay up until 3am that night, partying and having a good time. But…you have to work the next morning, but you plow through it anyways. Sound familiar? Yes, I think so. Sleep can have a major impact on your life, and your body requires sleep in order to function. But does it really affect your skin that much?
Yes!
Think of sleep, not as a luxury or something you fit it, but as a necessity in your daily routine. When you sleep, your body repairs and renews itself. It’s basically a vacation for your skin. While you sleep, the body releases the human growth hormone, which aids your body in the repair of damaged cells, including your skin.1
When you deprive yourself of sleep, you increase your stress levels by releasing extra cortisol, the stress hormone. Overproduction of cortisol can age your skin drastically and trigger premature signs of fatigue.1
In other words, get some sleep! Make your time to sleep a priority in your life and figure out how many hours a night usually works for you. Eventually, as you become more aware of the impact sleep has on your skin; you will be able to tell, right away, that your sleep or lack thereof has impacted your skin. It’s called beauty sleep, or beauty rest for a reason!
If you have trouble sleeping, work on creating a ‘wind-down’ routine at night leading up to bedtime. Identify why you have trouble sleeping and remedy those problems. Not only will you see a different in your skin, but you will also notice a difference in your overall energy throughout the day.
