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Does bad sleep dry out your skin or disrupt your skin barrier?

I hope I’m posting this correctly. I’m not a frequent poster, but in all my lurking, I haven’t gotten a clear answer on how bad sleep affects skin health. For a long time, I have been dealing with extreme dehydration all over my body, but my facial skin is the worst with it resulting in acne and texture that has completely shot my confidence. (And yes, I have tried all the other ways of tackling dehydration and a damaged barrier. If you can think of it, I have tried it, but my skin has not improved at all.)

The thing that made me suspect my skin issues have stemmed from my sleep was the one time I saw any relief and clearing of my skin when I got a little over a week of early, long, and good quality sleep. However, I greatly lack the discipline to keep a consistent early bedtime with a significant amount of sleep to really see if sleep could be my solution.

So, has anyone else discovered that their sleep, specifically bad sleep, affects the hydration and skin barrier quality of their skin? Additionally, how long did it take for you to see improvement in skin hydration and barrier health after getting good sleep? Any answers are so greatly appreciated! I am at my wits' end and just want my dehydration to go away and my barrier to heal. Thank you so much!

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