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Women know that a lack of sleep leaves them irritable; however, most of them are (36) unaware of the damage it may be doing to their skin. Besides, being an essential (37) component of a healthy lifestyle, getting 8 hours of sleep per night helps (38) Improve their skin. During the night the skin is restored from the (39) harmful effects of daily stress. When they do not get the required sleep their skin suffers. This is (40) especially noticeable in the skin under the eyes. The under eye area is almost 50 percent thinner than the skin on the face. (41) Sleepless nights leave behind fine lines, dark circles. Make-up (42) treatments can soften the effects of sleep (43) deprivation but preventive medicine is the best cure. Eye treatments are limited in their ability and (44) cannot reverse the stress that a lack of sleep will do to the skin.
    Sleep experts say that women need 8 hours of sleep per night. However, the latest research shows that (45) women average 6 hours and forty minutes of sleep during the week and 7 hours on the weekend. Besides the extra work that women have to contend with—helping with homework, laundry, cooking, etc. —and the many concerns that keep them from sleep, women are also be kept awake (46) by small children who wake during the night, teenagers coming home late, aging parents who get up during the night.