What does Alcohol do to your skin?

I’m a retired party gal that regularly lost consciousness in an entire face of make-up, getting up with mascara flaked onto my puffy under-eye circles and also crazy cheeks. Alice Cooper had nothing on me! This way of living and Alcohol took a toll on my skin. Lotions, toners, all kind of products were a short-lived solution for the underlying concern, of course, was too much Alcohol and not nearly enough hydration. While there’s a million-dollar market built on skin treatment that successfully tricks us right into believing we need to spend a million dollars for a fountain-of-youth-drenched face, my money was only ever going to be spent on Alcohol. Believe it or not, there is a whole host of people who have changed their relationship with Alcohol to have better skin! Yes, that’s right, rather than reducing Alcohol, they have gone cold turkey to take care of their skin.

CRAZY As I like to call them, user-friendly drinkers take notice of when they desire a drink and why they do, rather than mindlessly drinking Alcohol just for the sake of drinking. However, whichever straight sober path you decide on, it’ll more than likely have a favourable result on your skin. Below is the scientific research behind exactly how Alcohol hinders your flawless skin. Alcohol dehydrates your skin. You recognize when you’re out for an evening} of debauchery you “break the seal,” a.k.a. open the floodgates to the porcelain throne? Once you Pop, you can not stop. I was like a pringle when I started.

That is because Alcohol is a diuretic, which means it raises your wee production. Liquids leave you in a dehydrated state. Alcohol also reduces the body immune system, making you extra sensitive to the sunlight and vulnerable to sunburn, which likewise dries out the skin. This dehydration can leave our skin sunken-in appearance, especially the morning after a long, boozy night. Hangovers antagonize skincare products. Researchers have not explicitly sourced why hangovers are the most awful, but we can safely agree that dehydration plays a big part.

The loss of electrolytes plays a significant role in exactly how you really feel and as well as you look. The morning after a vodka-fueled bender, I would skip my daily face care, skip taking care of myself, skip eating healthy and order a pizza, Again the greasy, unhealthy food having an impact on my skin. The lack of sleep affected my skin, and my eyes always looked puffy, really puffy, some days like I couldn’t open them. I don’t miss those days. My skin has certainly improved since I got sober. I don’t have the red blotches that would appear when I was drinking, thank goodness. I still am blown away that people stop drinking to look after their skin. But that goes to show the unhealthy relationship I had with Alcohol.