How a glass too many of alcohol can make you look older

Alcohol dehydrates your body generally, including the skin – your body’s largest organ. This happens every time you drink. Drinking too much is also thought to deprive the skin of vital vitamins and nutrients. Over time, drinking heavily can have other, more permanent, detrimental effects on your skin.

Alcohol accelerates the aging process. Drinking excessive amounts of alcohol, we speed towards wrinkles. Reducing  alcohol consumption can help in avoiding the following alcohol aging effects.

Wrinkles

Many people are aware that alcohol dehydrates the body. But, did you realize this dehydration wrinkles your skin? When you’re dehydrated, your skin is dry from the inside out. This makes it wrinkle more quickly. Fine lines and wrinkles appear, which continue to grow deeper with time. Alcohol also depletes the body of vitamin A, which plays an important role in keeping skin firm and youthful.

A Bloated Look

Alcohol can also cause your face to look bloated and puffy. You might find it bloats your stomach too. And then there’s the cellulite; many believe the toxins in alcohol contribute to its build up.

Aging eyes

Alcohol can cause premature aging to the eyes, as drinking causes irritation of the blood vessels in your eyes. This is why heavy drinking often results in bloodshot eyes. Over time, excessive drinking repeatedly robs your body of the nutrients it needs for eye health. This can impair eyesight, which leads to the need for glasses or other corrective appliances.

Spider Veins

Alcohol widens blood vessels, causing redness in the face. Usually, this redness and puffiness goes away a few hours or a day after drinking. However, consistent over consumption of alcohol can create permanent red, spidery veins on the face. Combined with the wrinkles caused by the alcohol, this leads to premature aging.

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