Sleeping on an Anti-Wrinkle Pillow Reduces Facial Wrinkles: Results from an Anatomical Study

Borut Poljsak¹, Aleksandar Godic², Rok Fink¹, Martina Oder¹, Tomaz Lampe¹, Raja Dahmane^3,4*

¹Laboratory for Oxidative Stress Research, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Ljubljana, Ljubljana, Slovenia.
²Department of Dermatology, Cambridge University Hospitals, Addenbrooke’s Hospital, Cambridge, UK.
³Biomedicine in Health Care Division, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Ljubljana, Ljubljana, Slovenia.
⁴Faculty of Medicine, Institute of Anatomy, Ljubljana, Slovenia.

DOI: 10.4236/fmar.2015.32010                

Abstract

Background: A special pillow was designed to redistribute mechanical stress during sleeping in order to slow down the formation of facial skin wrinkles. Objective: To investigate whether sleeping on a specially designed pillow reduces facial skin wrinkles. Participants and Methods: A 28-day pilot study was carried out in which fifteen healthy female volunteers aged 23 - 55 years (mean age 35. 6 ± 8.5) slept on an antiwrinkle pillow. Evaluation of facial wrinkles was conducted before commencing the study (T₀), following at 14 days (T₁₄), and at 28 days (T₂₈) when the study ended. Wrinkle density was assessed by computerized analysis of 2D images of participants’ faces. Results: A statistically significant decrease in wrinkle density was detected while smiling around both eyes, around the right eye in a relaxed facial expression, on average in all observed facial areas, around the left periorbital area in participants who predominantly slept on their left side of the body, but not on the frontal area. Limitations: A 3D camera could be used to better visualize and analyze wrinkle density. Conclusions: Sleeping on the specially designed pillow reduces facial wrinkles.

Keywords

Sleeping, Wrinkles, Facial Anatomy, Anti-Wrinkle Pillow

Conflicts of Interest

The authors declare no conflicts of interest.

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