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Beauty sleep is real, and smaller than you think

One bad night reads as 'tired', not 'ugly'. Sleep is the honest looksmax.

PWe reviewed the research on it.Looks and health, honestly

Hand-drawn diagram of framework 29, Beauty sleep is real, and smaller than you think: One bad night reads as 'tired', not 'ugly'. Sleep is the honest looksmax.
Framework 29 · in one look
How to use it

After one night without sleep, faces were rated less healthy, more tired and slightly less attractive. The big visible effect is "tired", not "ugly".

How sure we are

P Evidence: promising. Good studies, but small or few. Use it and keep checking.

Sources

Axelsson et al. 2010 (BMJ, 23 faces, 65 raters).

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