Insomnia's Mask: Beauty of sleep
25 May 2015 - 02:14
Sleep deprivation damages your skin, a new study has confirmed. That grey pallor, those fine lines, the redness and irregularity that you detect in the mirror after a rough night are all due to lack of sleep , scientists say. Wanting to delve a little deeper into the effects of getting just six hours of sleep a night (as many people do) compared with seven to eight (as we should) on our skin, the study enrolled 30 women in an experiment.
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