Is there really such thing as Beauty Sleep?

 

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For decades the term “beauty sleep” has been used by millions of women. It is very obvious when someone has actually missed sleep, people form bags under their eyes, and eyes look tired and drowsy.  However, does sleep actually make you more beautiful? Is this term just a myth? Is there a scientific explanation correlating increased sleep with increased beauty? There are countless benefits of sleep, is it possible your attractiveness is one of them?

We are told that in your sleep your body rejuvenates itself. Lack of sleep causes minor mutations in your skin, appearing to make the face look extremely tired. ” ‘Lack of sleep causes blood vessels to dilate, causing the look of dark circles,’ says dermatologist Sonia Badreshia-Bansal, MD, of the University of California, San Francisco” (webmd). According to Stephanie Watson, author for www.webmd.com, it is very obvious when someone does not get enough sleep through the tension shown in someones face, this lack of sleep can also make you more stressed creating this tension.

The importance of beauty sleep is to give your body time to rehabilitate after the long strenuous activities from the day. During the course of sleeping, older skin cells are replaced by newer ones. According to New York City dermatologist Doris Day, “It’s repairing and restoring and rebalancing.” With depletion of sleep, it is nearly impossible for your body to renew itself. However, a good night sleep aids other parts of the human body too. “Chronic sleep problems are linked to high blood pressure, heart disease, diabetes, and depression. That’s all the more reason to get your sleep back on track” (webmd). Even though it is very important to get about eight hours of sleep, there is such thing as too much sleep! As a result of too much sleep there can be a possible increase of skin cell breakouts. Beauty sleep is in fact a true aspect of life, just make sure you are not getting too much of it!

http://www.webmd.com/beauty/skin/truth-about-beauty-sleep?page=2

http://www.napnook.com/beauty-sleep-fact-or-fiction/

4 thoughts on “Is there really such thing as Beauty Sleep?

  1. Erin Ann Alessandroni

    Elaina, this post was very informative! At first when I saw your title I thought “duh, of course there is!” After reading your post, I now know why it is that sleep makes us more beautiful. I very surprised that you stated that too much sleep can actually negativley effect how you look. This led me to wonder about the other possible negative effects of many hours of sleep. The Centers for Disease Control conducted a study and concluded that both insufficient and prolonged sleep are “associated with a range of serious and chronic conditions including diabetes and cardiovascular disease”. The article also talks about how too much sleep can lead to accelerated cognitive decline in older adults. Bottom line- try as hard as you can to get a solid 8 hours of sleep per every 24 hour period and your all set!

  2. Lisa Marie Acerba

    I strongly believe that sleep affects our mental and psychic health to an extreme. Like you mentioned in the blog, you can tell when someone hasn’t gotten enough sleep. Another aspect I would like to maybe point out is that not only a full nights rest is important but consistency also plays a big role. I have found that when I get 7-8 hours of rest for approximately the same amount of time each night I actually feel better versus times where my sleep pattern would fluctuate and be 6 hrs one night, 9 another, etc.

  3. jvn5243

    This is actually so interesting to me! I have always heard this saying and grew up being a lover of sleep, so when I would have sleepovers with my friends I would always not say I was tired but that I wanted “my beauty sleep.” I was shocked to read that you can get breakouts from sleeping too much, good thing I am a new college student and don’t get much sleep anyway!

  4. Aaron Jacob Harris

    Another important factor in whether beauty sleep exists could be the emotional effect sleep has on our body. It’s hard to deny the great feeling after a good night’s rest, often making us feel refreshed and putting us in a better mood. There may be a physical effect of getting rest, but I believe the emotional feeling is really what makes us “beautiful” after beauty sleep.

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