If you don’t sleep well for a long time, your skin gets weaker, drier, takes longer to heal from sun damage, and ages faster — like your skin is wearing out before its time.

People who didn’t sleep well had worse skin—more wrinkles, slower healing from sunburn, and drier skin—compared to those who slept well, proving that bad sleep hurts your skin.

The study made people sleep very little for just two nights and found their skin became drier, more damaged, and less elastic — which is exactly what the claim says happens with long-term bad sleep.

This study gave women very little sleep for just two nights and found their skin became drier, more damaged, and more stressed — which is exactly what the claim says happens when people don’t sleep well over time.