Researchers funded by the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, a Federal Government research agency, reviewed studies on medicines to treat alcohol dependence and alcohol use disorder published between January 1970 and October 2013. † Although the legal drinking age in the United States is 21, the information in this summary is from research on people 18 years of age and older. * In this summary, the term doctor refers to your health care professional, including your primary care doctor, nurse practitioner, psychiatrist, or physician assistant. †† Needing to drink more alcohol to feel the same effect, not being able to stop alcohol use, and/or having withdrawal symptoms. ** Alcohol use that interferes with your daily life, affects your relationships with others, or puts you in danger. They have now been combined into one disorder – alcohol use disorder – that can range from mild to severe.
#ALCOHOLIC FACE CHANGES SKIN#
As I’ve gotten older, my tolerance has plummeted have you noticed that halfway into a second glass of wine you start to feel a little woozy? You might be grateful for that: If one and done is your drinking game now, your skin is probably winning.Note: Alcohol abuse** and alcohol dependence †† were once considered separate disorders. But alcohol impairs the skin’s antioxidant defense system, among other things, leaving it more prone to sunburn and the aging effects of ultraviolet light, and possibly increasing a vulnerability to skin cancer.īottom line, as you probably already know (or at least guessed), consuming alcohol isn’t great for your overall health. Interestingly, significant associations between facial aging and the type of alcohol consumed were only seen for under-eye puffiness, which was associated with drinking a combination of beer, wine, and spirits - another good reason not to mix your grain and grape - possibly because those who reported drinking a combination of beverages might have consumed more alcohol overall.Ī study of twins showed that avoidance of alcohol was significantly associated with a younger appearance, though other larger studies have found no association between alcohol use and perceived age or wrinkling score. Among moderate imbibers - one drink per day for women - only midface volume loss and under-eye puffiness were associated with drinking. In a study about the impact of smoking and alcohol use on facial aging in women, research showed that drinking alcohol can increase the severity of under-eye puffiness, volume loss in the midface, and blood vessels on the cheeks. If you’re prone to flushing, you already know how quickly a glass of wine can trigger it. There is evidence, though, that a complexion under the influence is not a pretty picture.īesides being dehydrating, alcohol can be especially troublesome if we’re prone to flushing or rosacea, said dermatologist Orit Markowitz when I recently saw her for my annual skin-cancer check (have you had yours?). (No matter what she claims about using only olive oil or her own skin-care products.) It’s likely due to a combination of genetics, diet, intense exercise, minimal sun exposure, and whatever dermatologic treatments she’s had - including neurotoxin, filler, and who knows what else. But I doubt that not drinking alcohol is the primary reason for the lovely condition of her skin. She didn’t - though I imagine we both spent some of the evening wishing we could. And now I wish I could tell you I watched her throw back a dozen tequila shots. And so utterly gorgeous it seemed I was seeing her through a perfecting filter (which in a way I was - makeup).Īs to your question, I didn’t know J.Lo was a teetotaler. Since we had nothing to say to one another, I spent a lot of time staring at her face, which remained implacable for the entire evening. Naturally, she knew nothing about me except that I was a… person. I knew nothing about her except that she was a … singer.
#ALCOHOLIC FACE CHANGES FULL#
I remember Ben picked her up (it was their first round together) and seemed as casual and relaxed in a room full of beauty editors as he might’ve been with his family.Īnyway, my dinner with J.Lo was like the worst blind date imaginable. Was it on the terrific Everything Is Fine podcast?) I did have dinner with her once. Clarification: I had dinner across the table from her at a beauty event where she was launching something - could’ve been a fragrance. (I don’t often find myself talking about J.Lo. A: I’m racking my brain trying to remember when I was raving about Jennifer Lopez’s skin.
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