If you are
diagnosed with sleep apnea, any physician’s advice would be to treat it as soon
as possible. There are dozens of benefits
to treating your sleep apnea, most importantly, that your overall health is
improved. Not until recently did we ever
know that using CPAP therapy could help you regain that youthful glow so many
men and women desire. Researchers at the
University of Michigan conducted a study and found that patients who
consistently use CPAP therapy to treat obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) have
noticeable and measurable improvements in facial appearance.
Researchers
took three-dimensional images of the participant’s faces before the start of
their CPAP therapy and two months after consistent CPAP use. Volunteers and the participants were asked to
judge the before and after photos. Both
groups were two times more likely to say that the participant in the after
photo looked younger, more youthful and more attractive. Additionally, image analysis showed that facial
redness around the eyes and cheeks diminished after only two months of using
CPAP therapy. Lastly, forehead surface
area decreased in the patients.
Instead of
running to the plastic surgeon for cosmetic facial surgery, ask yourself if you
are getting enough sleep or if you have some of the signs and symptoms of sleep
apnea. CPAP therapy could be the
cheapest and noninvasive facelift on the market!
-Ashley
Reference: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/dr-michael-j-breus/treating-sleep-apnea_b_4109379.html
