Your Skin and Sleep

Good sleep = good skin

While you are in a deep sleep, your body is repairing itself - this includes your skin. Not getting enough quality sleep puts the body, including the skin, into stress.

 Cortisol (hydrocortisone) is released by the adrenal gland in response to stress.

A little cortisol goes a long way. Under prolonged stress cortisol:

• Counteracts insulin contributing to hyperglycemia.
• Decreases the collagen in the skin by ten times.
• Inhibits sodium loss.
• Disrupts the body's natural pH.
• Causes water retention.
• Weakens the immune system.
• Lowers bone formation.
• Impairs memory and learning.

Getting a good night's deep sleep can reverse the impact of those stressful days. And, before bedtime be sure to wash your face and use a good nighttime moisturizer so that you will wake up fresh and hydrated.

Pleasant dreams.