The Positive Impacts Of Beauty Sleep

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In recent years, there have been studies on beauty sleep and the perceived health, attractiveness of sleep deprived people. Researchers try to ascertain what happens to individuals when they get a good nights sleep and when they are sleep deprived. What happens to the body when it doesn’t get a full nights rest? It is known that when the body is at rest and in deep sleep, it will restore itself. If someone doesn’t get a full nights rest, they didn’t give their body a chance to repair and the person will appear to look unhealthy. "Poor sleep also equals slower cell turnover, which leaves your skin less glow-y, and can accelerate the signs of aging. In the deepest stages of sleep, your body goes into full-on restoration mode, secreting growth hormones that work to repair damaged cells. Not enough deep sleep means not enough growth hormones and not enough cell repair."(Denise) It is common knowledge that having a full nights rest has positive effects to the body, but does this positive effect also reflect according to the persons appearance? Are people able to perceive that someone is sleep deprived or not? In order to find this …show more content…

From what I have read in various news articles regarding the beauty sleep study had positive remarks and reviews. I wasn’t able to find a article that wanted to challenge this study with their own research. What I have gathered from the study, I feel like there should 've been more or an equal amount of people for the control group. The control group of 23 people seems like a small sample size due to the importance of the study. Everyone is different when it comes to sleep and a study like this needs to be diverse. Of course this is understandable since one of the participants failed to follow the conditions of the study, but could have been

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