AI Images Show How Lack of Sleep Affects Our Skin

Doctors will tell us that getting a good night's sleep is important for our health.

But if we needed a reminder, a sleep technology company has used artificial intelligence (AI) to show us how our faces can look if we don't get the sleep we need.

Simba, a company that makes beds and other sleep products, asked 2,000 people in the UK about how much sleep they get.

They also asked people about the way their faces look when they don't get enough sleep.

People of different ages reported seeing slightly different changes to their appearance when they were tired.

Simba took this information and asked AI to create "sleep deprivation avatars." The AI made an image of a person's face when they had gotten enough sleep, and another image of that person when they had not gotten enough sleep.

It did this for men and women of different age groups.

More than half of Britons said they get less than seven hours of sleep per night, and this was more common among women and people aged over 55.

Women often said they noticed wrinkles on their faces as well as fine lines and sagging skin, while men reported seeing bags under their eyes and dry skin when they didn't get enough sleep.

However, dry skin seemed to be more common among tired younger adults.

It should be noted that this was not a scientific study, and of course all of our faces are different and may change in a number of different ways. These changes may be caused by a lot of different things, and sleep is just one of those things.

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