A new wellness trend is sweeping social media in the form of small patches with big promises of aiding sleep Sleep patches, from various brands, have been shared across TikTok a staggering 38 million times with people raving about the supposed results The patches have proven popular across the US and Australia, mostly for containing melatonin. Melatonin is a “hormone that occurs naturally in your body. At night, your levels of melatonin rise, before returning to normal during the day. This helps to control how and when you sleep.” Patches don’t generally absorb as well as oral ingestion, according to Dr Prempeh. Not to mention, they only have the capacity for a low concentration of the ingredient. “Try and keep your sleep time and wake-up time the same,” Dr Prempeh advised. “This will allow your circadian rhythm to sync up and stabilize.”
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Friday, October 10, 2025