I had a skin analysis done very recently at a Biotherm event. The beauty consultant used this device to measure the sebum levels on both my cheeks and ended up looking very puzzled.
She did the test twice and then asked me a very strange question. Did I sleep with my right side facing the air conditioning?
My surprised answer was yes.
Apparently, the right side of my face has lower sebum levels than the left side of my face i.e. the right side was drier. I found this absolutely fascinating!
This means that the air-conditioning has been stripping the oils and moisture from my skin but mainly from one side only – the side facing the air-conditioner. My primary concern upon learning this, was to figure out therefore that I’d have to ensure that I moisturize and treat the right side of my face more carefully, so I don’t end up with lopsided skin aging 😛 Yes, vanity thy name is woman!
I can’t move the air-conditioner or my bed so paying attention to how I moisturize my skin was how I planned to address it.
It might be worth noting that heaters too tend to dry out the air and skin so if you sleep with a heater on one side, it might be worth taking note of it, and checking to see its effects on your skin.
If you too have the air-conditioning blowing at one side of you as you sleep, it might be worth paying a little bit of attention to the condition of your skin on that side too and if you can, perhaps reposition your bed so you don’t end up with the air-conditioner drying out just one side of your face 🙂
Ideally of course, we shouldn’t sleep in an air-conditioned room so we don’t dry out at all. But I can’t do that … and I’m sure many of you can’t either, given a choice 😉
Paris B
I tend to move around when I sleep ahahaha ^.^ So it’ll be hard to guess which side I’m more exposed to the air conditioner. ^.^
Golly even moving around, some part will be exposed no? 😉 Or maybe its just overall dryness then 😉
Oh dear, my aircon is situated such that its blowing directly at my face. But hmm, since i’m a right sleeper, i think the left side of my face should be drier then!! Haha!! 😀
Haha… I think this is a common lament for those of us with smaller rooms. I can’t reposition my room any other way than the way it is… with the air-cond blowing at me!
Oh no! My weekend to-do-list will includes “to move the bed, etc”! Heehee…
Hmm… how about public holiday to do list? 😉
My entire face is dry. That’s probably got to do with the awesome Friday after work drinks that have got most of us completely hammered 😛 SKII mask to the rescue!!! (Still get carded when we step into those posh pubs so I take that as a good sign! 😀 )
Haha…. Ya ya! A moisturising sheet mask will help tons and you don’t look old la – its probably genetic 😀
So amazing 😀
Quite right? 😉
my air con is quite far from my bed…so i am glad to say i have both cheeks dry instead of one. 😛
Haha… at least you’re balanced! 😀
Geeez, I didn’t know that…..such a revelation PB on a public holiday! 😀 Thanks for sharing and I am so gonna pay more attention to my right cheek (yep, I sleep with the AC blowing onto me right side too)
Have a great day!
I didn’t know that either so when the lady asked me, it was like a lightbulb came on – ting! hehe… Enjoy the day dearie!
Oh wow thanks for the important information as always dear!
Glad you found it useful 🙂
My air cond is far away from my face and I’m a left sleeper, so I guess my right side will be drier? Hmm..
I guess whichever side is more exposed to the dry air will be drier. But most of the time we can’t see it with the naked eye. They needed those swanky high magnification machines to detect it.
I do know it dries up all parts of my face and body! LOL But thanks for the information, didn’t know it could dry out just a part!
Haha yeah air conditioning does dry out the skin something awful!
I didn’t know that, thanks for sharing! 🙂
You’re welcome! Although you won’t face that problem where you are 😉
No air con in my room.. haha.. so i don’t face this problem.. how about fan? Will if dry out our skin too???
Much less so I think 🙂
What an interesting fact! 😛 I don’t sleep in aircon, so I guess I’m fine?
Haha… yes you probably will be 🙂
Air con make mes sick so I don’t sleep in air con! Not only will my face be dry, so will my throat, nose and eyes >.<
I notice that most when I’m sick – air-conditioning makes it worse… but I can’t sleep without coz I’m spoilt 😛
Dear PB, try put a glass of water in your aircond room everynight. It helps moisture the air and won’t coz too much of dryness. Hope this little tips work for you 🙂
Thanks Jessy. I actually tested out this theory about putting a glass of water next to the bed. Didn’t work for me although a pail of water did! LOL… 🙂
ehhh… I remember talking abt a pail of water beside the bed. I wanted to try it but just too lazy. I know it work but a pail of water is so troublesome right? Later mosquitoes go breeding in it! hahha :p [ ok it’s time to get a humidifier. no more complaints already ‘telling myself’ ]
hmmm… If I am ‘rajin’ enough to put everything on my face I will sleep straight facing the ceiling or else on my lazy days I sleep on my side. But coz of my back problem I gotta sleep straight and with no pillow, I still couldn’t find the right size pillow for me 🙁 I only let the aircond cool the room and have to turn it off later coz my lips will crack and my nose will bleed coz of dryness… but then I do notice that sometimes on hot days when I sleep with the aircond on for longer hours… my t-zone produce a lot a lot of sebum and my cheeks are super dry! A glass of water in the room doesn’t help. Maybe a humidifier will help I guess