Does lack of sleep cause aging?

Sleep, skin aging and cellulite

• Is lack of sleep a cause of skin aging or even cellulite?

• How stress / high cortisol levels indirectly cause skin aging and cellulite

• Have a skin tightening/cellulite treatment in London with the specialists

Is lack of sleep a cause of skin aging or even cellulite?

Lack of sleep itself is a direct cause of skin aging and an indirect cause of cellulite.

Lack of sleep is not as important as sugar intake, lack of exercise, smoking/vaping, alcohol intake, high calorie intake etc, which are major causes of both skin ageing and cellulite.

However, because it indirectly leads us to the above behaviours, it does play a role in both skin ageing and cellulite:

• Lack of sleep makes us feel more tired and consequently leads to increased food intake, especially sugar-containing food, smoking/vaping, alcohol intake and stimulant intake

• Lack of sleep is a physiological stress for the body, which leads to the secretion of cortisol, the stress hormone. Cortisol has a catabolic effect on tissues, meaning that it results in protein loss from tissue and organs, including skin and blood vessels.

• Furthermore, excess/chronic cortisol secretion results in water retention

• Lack of sleep also inhibits tissue repair, which happens when we sleep, including skin tissue repair

How stress / high cortisol levels indirectly cause skin aging and cellulite

• Loss of skin and blood vessel protein, e.g. collagen, elastin etc, will inevitably lead to skin laxity and water retention.

• Reduced tissue skin repair will also affect the quality and function of blood vessels and skin itself

• In addition, chronic physiological stress, due to lack of sleep, can lead to exhaustion / break down / fatigue, which will itself have a direct effect on calorie/sugar intake and physical activity levels, eventually leading to fat accumulation

• Furthermore, sugar intake, smoking and excessive calorie intake directly lead to skin aging and cellulite

All in all, although lack of sleep does not have an immediate or pronounced direct effect on cellulite and skin aging, acute or chronic lack of sleep can have an indirect effect, ultimately leading to cellulite, skin aging and overall whole body aging.

So have your 7- to 8-hour ‘beauty sleep’, literally, to stay younger, both inside and out.

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