why it seems like our body heals better when we are sleep?

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Like, currently it’s a big sun burn I got this weekend, but I seems to noticed this with other injuries, it seems sometimes the injury stay the same all day long(~18 h), but then, after a night of sleep (~8 h) it’s suddenly way better then before

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1) When you’re sleeping, you’re not doing anything else that requires a lot of energy (like moving), so your body can devote all its resources to healing.

2) Your burn may be healing some during the day, but if you’re feeling it every few minutes then it will be harder to notice any progress. Meanwhile when you sleep, you go 8 hours without checking how it feels, so you can notice the change.

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