Three Essential Skin-Care Products If You’re Stressed and Sleepless
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We wish we could help you with whatever’s keeping you up at night, but in the meantime, we can try to help you look good. “Lack of sleep and stress are going to be powerful drivers of cortisol hormones,” saysdermatologist Dr. David E. Bank, M.D.And, yes, Bank confirms, cortisol can make your eyes and face a little puffy, but you’re not going to end up with “cortisol face” like you see on social media. His recommendation is to “try to take your time with your evening skin-care routine, and to use skin care that’s a little more luxurious and pampering as a way to just lower your blood pressure, your pulse, and your cortisol.” To keep things simple, we’ve picked the three products for the stressed and sleepless that’ll have the most impact. When you’re having a skin issue you don’t need to start your routine over from scratch (in fact, you probably shouldn’t). Too much change when you’re already in the middle of an issue can be overwhelming for both you and your skin.
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Set yourself up for sleep and skin success withHPPY Skin Calm Mask. With fresh ingredients like banana, centella, and lavender, plus ceramides, this mask chills out in the fridge until you’re ready to use it, helping you feel calm, cool, and hopefully, in the morning, skin-corrected.
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And to restore a sleep-deprived skin barrier, dermatologist Jessica Weiser, M.D., director of Weiser Skin MD in New York City, likesDefenage 24/7 Barrier Balance Cream. “The lightweight formulation is surprisingly hydrating and has the added impact of defensins to stimulate the body’s stem cells to enhance skin regeneration,” says Weiser. Defensins are peptides that trigger your stem cells to create new, young cells. She describes its benefits as “retinol-like” skin improvement, but because it’s not irritating or sun-sensitizing, it can be used year-round, day or night.
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“When we’re sleeping, we naturally produce growth factors that repair our skin,” says dermatologist Michelle Henry, M.D. “So if we’re not sleeping, you lose out on all the growth factors that would normally be released, all the cytokines for healing your skin barrier that are not going to be released.” You can, however, replenish growth hormones topically. Henry likesSkinMedica TNS Advanced+ Serum, “the product that started medical-grade skin care,” says Henry, and is still a staple after 24 years on the market. The slippery serum revives your natural repair process to help you fake being rested.
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