Have you been cranky lately? Are there more fine lines on your face? Do you notice more hair falling off?

 

If you’ve answered yes to all three, chances are you are not getting enough ZZZs.

Sleeping beauty

 

Science has been giving research results linking beauty and sleep. This does not only refer to physical appearance, but overall health as well. Numerous studies say that sleep has a direct correlation to how both minds and bodies perform.

 

However, the 21^st century way of life also adversely affects sleeping patterns. The work-all-day, party-all-night lifestyle has led people to undermine the importance of getting enough sack time. People go around treating their bodies as if they were 24-hour generators or producers of whatever it is they think the world needs.

 

But even machines get downtime.

 

That is why everyone should take great steps to ensure they get enough shuteye for their systems to maintain optimum performance. Aside from the obvious effects on physical and mental health, sleep deprivation can also affect social relationships.

Bedtime benefits

 

Sleeping plays a critical role in general health and well-being. While people take sleep for granted at times, anyone surely can relate to feeling better after a full night’s rest. People seem to be more alert, energetic, enthusiastic, and better able to function while going about the day. The fact cannot be denied that people feel lighter and happier after a good long sleep.

 

Even experts are in consensus in encouraging naps in between study time or work hours to help put yourself in a good mood.

 

Below are just some of the main reasons why you should give particular attention to dozing off:

 

1. Healthy, glowing skin

If you want to get rosy cheeks and a bright complexion, store up on snooze. Experts say that for the healthiest skin, you need to get at least seven to nine hours of sleep each night. This is when the pituitary glands produce high levels of the human growth hormone that is responsible for skin and hair repair. Melatonin, a skin-protecting antioxidant, is also increased during this time.

 

Since sleep has restorative powers, your skin is also less likely to develop premature wrinkles and fine lines.

 

Skin is an important aspect of looking and feeling beautiful. For professionals in the beauty industry, having clear, supple skin is one of their power tips to become a model.

2. Fewer bad hair days

Scientists and hair stylists alike agree that the lack of a good night’s sleep also affects your mane. Maybe that’s why Goldilocks was trying to get the best bed, to get her 40 winks and keep her golden hair gorgeous?

 

Siesta time is a good way to prevent hair loss, as this is when hair gets more food. If you get the proper amount of sleep, your blood flows well, which means it can deliver more vitamins, minerals, and other nutrients to your hair follicles.

3. Prettier peepers

You might have noticed that people usually know when you’ve been out of sleep just by looking at the bags or dark circles under your peepers. Skimping on sleep can also contribute to drying out the skin tissue in the under-eye area, as well as hamper proper blood flow. Temporary fluid changes in that region can accumulate and can be seen easily because the skin in that region is typically thinner compared to the skin from the rest of the face.

 

Staying well-hydrated and elevating your head while getting your beauty rest will alleviate the swelling and discoloration.

4. Beauty inside and out

Looking good is not enough. Male and female models in Dubai, Paris, Milan, New York and other fashion meccas can attest to this fact. For top modeling agencies around the globe, a pretty face isn’t all of what it takes to be a model. A pleasing personality and professional demeanor can spell the difference in your ability to make it to the top.

 

In truth, everyone can benefit from a sunny disposition. When you are short on sleep, however, you also tend to become grouchy, sullen, or worse, depressed. Studies show that sleep also affects social interactions and emotions. Poor sleep can significantly reduce your capacity to recognize anger or happiness, spot social cues, or process emotional information.

 

One study even states that people with limited sleep appear less attractive to others. The research respondents revealed that they are less inclined to socialize with sleep-deprived participants because they look unhealthy and unapproachable.

5. Kicking the consequences

Poor health can be the result of a shortage of sleep. It exacts a toll on a person’s perception, judgment, mood, and ability to learn and retain information. A person who has less sleep can also be a candidate for several health risks, especially if paired with lack of exercise and bad nutrition.

 

Other consequences of poor sleeping habits include:

• Increased risk of weight gain and obesity in both children and adults
• Poor appetite regulation that leads people to consume more calories
• Reduced efficiency and productivity, cognition, concentration, and performance
• Heightened risk of serious accidents, injury, and even death (e.g. drowsy driving fatalities)
• Decreased athletic and physical performance
• Greater risk of heart disease and stroke
• Adverse effects on blood sugar and insulin sensitivity that may cause prediabetes in healthy adults
• People with sleeping disorders such as insomnia or obstructive sleep apnea have been found to have significantly higher rates of depression
• Impaired immune function
• Adverse effects on the body’s inflammatory responses, including long-term inflammation of the digestive tract

 

Good night, sleep tight

 

While sleep may not be the sole answer to finding the fountain of youth, anyone can be proactive and take the necessary steps to nourish the mind, heart and body to shine from the inside and out. One must achieve a healthy balance in all aspects of life – may it be mental, physical, spiritual, emotional, or social – to be completely, truly beautiful.

 

 

AUTHOR BIO

Jessicka Bell co-founded the AgenC, one of the leading model/talent agencies in the Middle East, in 2014. After just three years in the market, the AgenC now works with most (if not all) of the heavy hitters in media and fashion, as well as represents over 1,000 talents ranging from international models through to cast, kids, creatives and photographers.

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