Could A Bad Sleep Influence Your Ance?

Does your sleep have an effect on your acne? If you suffer from acne, you might have noticed this yourself. After a period of bad nights sleep you can wake up with oily skin and blemishes. This is because sleep does in fact affect acne. Lets see how sleep impacts your acne and what could be done with sleep to help reduce the problem.

As humans we require sleep. All of us need a different level of sleep each night, the whole “eight hours a night” is just an average. Some people do just fine on 6 hours while some people need more sleep. Sometimes we don’t really have much choice on how much we can sleep due to obligations however we should always try our best to get plenty of sleep.

The quality of your sleep also counts. You could have a bad sleep for twelve hours and technically not get enough sleep.

A lack of good sleep may:

- Result in stress and even lead to depression.
- Increase insulin resistance
- Increase inflammatory cytokines
- Increase the odds that you put on weight.
- Leave you with low energy levels and productivity levels during the day.

Those are just a few examples of the issues a bad sleep may lead to. The two main issues for acne are the inflammation and increases in insulin resistance.

Even with slight sleep deprivation, we could experience an increase in insulin resistance. This means that the bodies ability to use glucose is decreased. This may lead to acne as well as other health issues such as diabetes.

Again it only takes a slight amount of sleep deprivation, we can experience an increase in inflammation. This can affect several health disorders including acne.

Anyone who has dealt with a lack of sleep for a prolonged period of time can tell you that it does increase our stress levels and can sometimes lead to depression and stress, which also has an effect on acne and oily skin.

You usually know if you’re not getting enough sleep but a good sign is how you feel when you get up. Most people hardly ever feel great as soon as they are up but do you feel like a zombie? Do you have a hard time getting through the day? This could be caused by sleep deprivation. It could also be caused by other issues such as diet, but you shouldn’t be feeling this way and you need to try and figure out what is causing your low energy levels.

To improve your sleep, the first thing you need to do is recognize the fact that you are not getting enough quality sleep. Then you should try a few things out.

These could be:

• Stop working long before you go to bed so that your mind is not in overdrive when your head hits the pillow.
• Going to bed an hour early every night – This may be tough initially as your body clock needs to adapt ,however it should not take long to get used to it.
• Reducing your caffeine intake through the day.

The most important thing you need to do is recognize the issue. If you’re sleep deprived then you need to try to solve the problem. If you feel like you’re suffering from insomnia and require help or advice from a professional then you should contact your doctor.