Acne Is Dead » acne and sleep http://www.acneisdead.com Acne Treatment That Works Wed, 11 Mar 2009 18:47:23 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 en hourly 1 Sleep and Acne http://www.acneisdead.com/acne/home-remedies/sleep-and-acne/ http://www.acneisdead.com/acne/home-remedies/sleep-and-acne/#comments Thu, 26 Feb 2009 17:14:30 +0000 Eric http://www.acneisdead.com/?p=49 sleep Sleep and AcneAcne sleep is so important for me. I always find that my skin heals a lot faster if I go to sleep early (11pm is early for me) and then I get a full 8 hours sleep. Contrastingly, I notice pimples more frequently when I only get 4-5 hours of sleep.

I first noticed this when I was working late night shifts, a bad habit that stayed with me even when I changed jobs. Now I tend to stay up late at night in front of the computer, and I have to constantly remind myself that sleep has a serious effect on your overall health, including acne.

So keep in mind, if your body is not rested, it’s more prone to acne!

Sleeping on your back

I have noticed that sleeping on my back helps me a lot. This took a lot of getting used to because I used to sleep sideways like many people do. However, after forcing myself to sleep on my back, I noticed a huge reduction in new pimples in the morning!

The downside to this was that I started noticing a few pimples on my upper back when I did this. But if you’re anything like me, then having 2-3 pimples hidden away on your back is a hundred times better than having them on your face for everyone to see!

“Sleeping on my back helped my acne so much, I can’t believe I didn’t think of it sooner!”

Now instead of calling it beauty sleep, I call it acne sleep. It’s more motivating for me that way!

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