Why you need to sleep for your skin

You guys might have already heard about beauty sleep and how you should get the right amount of sleep to get beautiful skin. But what does really happen when you don’t take enough sleep? What really happens when you are sleeping? In this segment of “What it does?” you are going to find just that.

1.     Cortisol production

So “cortisol” may sound fancy to some of you but it is actually a hormone that is produced when you sleep less. While regular levels of this hormone is necessary for your body but large amount of it can cause weight gain, increased risk of heart related diseases, insomnia, digestion related problems and much more.

2.     Increases aging rate

When you sleep, your body doesn’t. I say this because when you are in a deep sleep phase, your body starts the cell repairment  process. All the damage that your skin went through the day, does not get repaired if you don’t take enough sleep and the result is appearance of wrinkles at an early age.

3.     Weight gain

It has been shown in various scientific studies that sleeping less tends to increase calorie intake and urge to more snacking.

4.     Increases puffiness

You might know that sleeping less gives you puffy eyes as a gift, but the real reason behind puffy eyes is that when you take lesser sleep, the fluids that actually needs to be excreted builds up inside the layers of your skin instead, resulting in puffiness.

5.     Risk of frequent diseases

Your skin acts as a barrier for all the disease causing creatures. But if your skin is not healthy, it might not be able to resist those attacks resulting in lesser immunity and more diseases.

6.     Increased skin conditions

Lesser sleep results in more skin conditions like acne, psoriasis, eczema. It also increase existing skin conditions like acne breakouts, sensitivity, allergic contact and dermatitis reactions.

7.     Loss of skin’s natural glow

When you sleep, your body makes collagen hyaluronic acid but if you don’t, these compounds become depleted and as a result, skin looses its natural glow and bounce.

These 7 reasons are enough for you to catch your pillow and complete your sleep. So go ahead and be a sleeping beauty :) :*