Can blackout curtains help if you have trouble falling or staying asleep at night? Your environment could be to blame if there's too much natural or artificial light, and blackout curtains offer a solution to this problem by blocking out all external light sources. How do they work, though, and do you really need them to sleep better?
To help us answer that question, we reached out to Jeff Kahn, a published sleep expert who's also co-founder and CEO of the Rise Science sleep-tracking app. He shared five reasons why investing in blackout curtains is the right move. Of course, there's no one-size-fits-all solution to achieving better sleep so you'll also discover four scenarios where you may want to consider alternative methods.
