If healthy women between 30 and 55 only sleep 3 hours a night for two nights in a row, their skin shows more signs of cellular damage from stress—like rust forming on metal—because a chemical called malondialdehyde goes up.

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"You look sleepy…" The impact of sleep restriction on skin parameters and facial appearance of 24 women.

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2022 Jan

The study gave women only 3 hours of sleep for two nights and found their skin had more signs of damage from stress, shown by higher levels of a chemical called MDA — exactly what the claim says.

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"You look sleepy…" The impact of sleep restriction on skin parameters and facial appearance of 24 women.

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DOI: 10.1016/j.sleep.2021.11.011

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