6 amazing reasons to get your beauty sleep
Better mood, more beautiful skin, and four other reasons you should make sleep a priority.
Jan, 2026
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Do you get enough “beauty sleep”? It can mean a lot when it comes to your overall health. When people take care of themselves and sleep well, they tend to be happier, younger-looking, and more alert says pulmonologist and sleep specialist Dawn Stanley Cohen, MD, of Sky Ridge Medical Center in Lone Tree, Colorado.
“When you’re not sleeping, you’re crabby and have frown lines; you don’t have a glow,” says Dr. Cohen. Most adults need seven to nine hours of sleep every night, but more important than the number is getting enough sleep to feel rested and restored when you wake up.
Here are six reasons why it’s important to get your “beauty sleep.”
Written byOlivia DeLong.
Medically reviewed byMegan Burke, MD.
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