The Science Behind Sleep-Deprived Skin

You can almost always tell when a person is sleep-deprived, as it shows immediately in their skin, mood, and overall health.

Our bodies depend on a good night’s sleep for rest and recovery from the day's stressors. During eight hours of sleep, our bodies go through three distinct stages that contribute to our overall well-being and aid in the nightly restoration of our skin.

Without regular, quality sleep, your skin’s ability to repair and rejuvenate itself is impaired. You may notice an increase in fine lines, uneven pigmentation, inflammation, and reduced elasticity in your skin.

Simply put, your lack of sleep may contribute to your breakouts or make you look older than your actual years.

Your pituitary gland produces somatotropin, the human growth hormone, during the first three hours of sleep. However, if you don't get adequate rest, you may not be producing enough of it.

This hormone helps to repair damaged skin cells and contributes to the maintenance of youthful and healthy skin. Without somatotropin, the daily breakdown in your skin doesn’t get a chance to repair overnight. Over time this can lead to more visible signs of aging.

Inadequate somatotropin further accelerates the aging process by breaking down collagen and elastic tissue, causing loose skin and wrinkles to develop.

During the middle two hours of sleep, your levels of melatonin increase. Melatonin is a hormone responsible for regulating your circadian rhythm (sleep/wake patterns). It acts as an antioxidant that helps protect the skin from free radicals – unstable atoms that cause illness and aging.

Poor oxygen-rich blood circulation to your skin leads to dull, lifeless skin. You lose your rosy cheeks.

1. Get some rest. The first thing to do is create a bedtime routine and stick to it. If you decide to hit the pillow at 10 p.m., go to bed every night at that hour. Strive for 7 to 9 hours of sleep every night.
2. Elevate your head with an extra pillow or bed wedge. This reduces snoring, acid reflux, and nasal drip—all of which can limit the quality of your sleep and affect the appearance of your skin.
3. Wash your face to remove oils, dirt, and makeup before bedtime. 
4. Apply skin-repairing serums at night. Reparative and restorative active ingredients are much more effective when applied at night. While you sleep, your skin can focus on repairing itself since it isn’t defending itself from the sun and free radicals (harmful environmental molecules). Blood flow is also more consistent, and this helps your skin benefit from the tissue-repairing ingredients in your treatment products.
5. Apply Time Freeze eye serum or Dark Circle eye serum about 15 minutes before turning in for the night. This gives them a chance to work rather than merely rubbing off on the pillowcase.

TIME FREEZE EYE SERUM

Time Freeze eye serum reduces the depth of wrinkles around the eyes caused by the contraction of facial expression muscles. It visibly improves the skin's elasticity by building up collagen and decreasing wrinkle progression.

This formulation contains a special blend of active ingredients that firms the eye contour and strengthens vessels and tissues around the eyes.

It stimulates the production of collagen and elastin, which restore the strength of the vascular wall, and it also promotes the re-densification of the skin.

Time Freeze Eye serum transforms tired, dull, aging skin into a glowing and youthful complexion.

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DARK CIRCLE EYE SERUM

A powerful formulation that targets dark circles, puffiness, and signs of aging to deliver radiant and energized eyes.

Dark circle eye serum contains 1% Vitamin K1 and 0.15% Vitamin A (Retinol) entrapped in a polymeric delivery system that gradually releases the entrapped vitamins to penetrate the epidermis and the dermis.

Combining active ingredients improves microvascular integrity and microcirculation, reduces swelling, and stimulates the skin’s firmness.

This has a dual effect of reducing dark circles and spider veins and shrinking puffy areas, resulting in smooth and vibrant skin.