Never do this when you shower at night, doctors warn
This common shower habit can fall asleep more difficult.
Shower before bed is a great way toWash. The experts say that when this is done correctly, a shower in the evening can even help you relax and prepare for the bed. But that does not mean that it can not go back fire. In fact, some shower habits could keep you at night. Are you someone who loves nocturnal showers? Read it to make sure that you avoid this practice that can disrupt your sleep.
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Never take a shower at extreme temperatures before going to bed.
If you like to take showers at extreme ends of the temperature spectrum, you may want to rethink the habit.Rachel's Salas, MD, a sleep neurologist at the Johns Hopkins sleep center for sleep and well-being, saysThe Washington Post who taking a truly hot shower or really cold before the bed can lead tosleep problems.
"If you take a shower near the bedtime and it's a very hot or cold shower, this temperature can negatively affect your sleep," said Salas. "What you do is that you make your temperature of your Body so different from the baseline base. "Aim for taking a more moderate temperature shower if you plan to go to bed shortly after.
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A hot shower a few hours before the bed is the best for your sleep.
While a superb shower is a bad news to rest, a hot shower will have the ideal effect.Phyllis Zee, PhD, Chief of Sleep Medicine of the University of the Northwest, saidThe Washington Post It takes a hot shower to two hours before the bed can be beneficial. A hot shower will warm your hands, feet and hands, resulting in heat to leave more parts of the central body, such as your chest or abdomen. When heat moves to your members, your body temperature decreases, which helps the body cool down, Zee explained. Since the body cools naturally when you get closer to bedtime, this process could help you fall asleep more quickly.
"Yourcircadian rhythm, which is your Sleew-wake cycle, is guided by the temperature of your body and the light, "Sleep SpecialistWhitney Roban, PhD, says well and well. "You want your body temperature to decrease so that melatonin increases. When you take a hot shower, your body temperature will fall, and ... the production of your melatonin will increase. And it will help you feel sleepy. "
The shower in the morning is not greater than the shower at night.
It has long been debated that if morning showers or night are better for you, but experts say it does not matter. When you prefer to shower "is not a scientific decision"Mona Gohara, MD, an Associate Clinical Professor of Dermatology in Yale School of Medicine, saidThe Washington Post. "It's a personal decision."
While the experts say that a hot shower at night can help you fall asleep, a morning shower can have the benefit of waking up. And when it comes to your hygiene, the most important thing is not when you shower, but how. "The advantage of the skin really comes from what you use in the shower, what you do just after the shower," said Gohara. "You could shower in the morning, or you could shower at night and use [bad] and ruin your skin."
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And if you prefer a hot shower, do not stay too long.
Once you are comfortable in the shower, it can be difficult to go out. However, the experts warn that staying in a hot shower for too long can be bad for your skin.IVY LEE, MD, a dermatologist based on Los Angeles, saidThe Washington PostThese hot showers dehydrate the skin because when "you open this skin barrier and creates this permeability, it really decreases the capacity of the [skin] to hold in the water." Lee and other dermatologists reported in the newspaper they recommend shorter showers - no more than 10 minutes - with room temperature.
This reminder is particularly important for people with skin. "Allskin condition characterized by a defective skin barrier can be aggravated by a hot shower, "the dermatologistShari Marchbein, MD, saysSeduce. It "looses sebum skin, healthy fats and oils needed to healthy skin and dehydrate the skin." Marchbein said that eczema, psoriasis, acne, rosacea and excessively dry skin can be exacerbated by a long hot shower.
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