Sleep and skin aging and itchy

A question to suffering from itching.

"What is trouble?"

Many people said "not sleeping".

It is painful not to sleep.

So, I studied the influence on the skin of luck of sleep.

Various mechanisms have been postulated linking sleep disturbances and eczema, including increases in markers of systemic inflammatory cytokines and T-cell activation. Interleukin-1 induced inflammation is increased in the nighttime which may play a role in enhancing nocturnal itching.

Easy to summarize

"Cytokine itching substances increase at night.

And T-cell and cytokines enhance eczema."


There was a reason to stronger itchy at night.

Of course, many other reasons.

You have something to do in the daytime.

Work, school, playing, etc.

Night have a lot of free time.

Once notice itch it will not be forget, and can not sleep.

What will happen to the skin if you do not sleep?

Poor sleep quality as ascertained by Pittsburgh sleep quality index >5 and sleep duration of ≤5 h was shown to be associated with increased signs of intrinsic aging and decreased skin barrier function when measured by transepidermal water loss.

The moisture of skin decreases and skin barrier function decreases.

Lack of sleep bad the skin.

The sleep deprived individuals were noted to have hanging eyelids, swollen eyes, darker circles and more droopy corners of the mouth.

It also looks bad.And feel bad too.

Lack of sleep is never good thing.

Itching does not give you sleep.

If you do not sleep you will get itchy cytokines.

The skin gets worse and itches.

This said "itch spiral".

"Itching treatment starts with sleep".

Thank you for reading.

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Citation Paper

Overview of Common Sleep Disorders and Intersection with Dermatologic Conditions

Author: Harneet K. Walia and Reena Mehra