Booze and facial breakouts?
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Booze and facial breakouts?
For the past 4 or 5 months, whenever I drink more than three alcoholic drinks my forehead will break out with tiny little pimples. I've experimented with it by not drinking for a couple weeks and I've noticed them clearing up, only to reappear when I drink a few.
I'm 38 and never had this happen in the past, even when I was drinking a lot more than I have recently. Has anyone else here had a similar reaction to alcohol?
I'm sort of happy to have found this out because it's another reason for me not to drink! Oh, the vanity!!!
I'm 38 and never had this happen in the past, even when I was drinking a lot more than I have recently. Has anyone else here had a similar reaction to alcohol?
I'm sort of happy to have found this out because it's another reason for me not to drink! Oh, the vanity!!!
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The tops of my ears turned bright red and hotto my touch
everytime I drank for maybe a year before I quit.
I never did figure out why...
The tops of my ears turned bright red and hotto my touch
everytime I drank for maybe a year before I quit.
I never did figure out why...
Touch-
I've never had this happen to me but it is well known. Google it and you'll find all kinds of stuff. It is more prevalent in Asians evidently.
Deerwalk-
No, what is said about water for a clear complexion?
I've never had this happen to me but it is well known. Google it and you'll find all kinds of stuff. It is more prevalent in Asians evidently.
Deerwalk-
No, what is said about water for a clear complexion?
Alcohol might make you feel sexy, but it sure is an uglifier.
I'm only 22 and I have a mess of broken capillaries around my nose. Not to mention the 30 pound weight gain.
Deerwalk, how does alcohol affect hormones? I'm curious.
I'm only 22 and I have a mess of broken capillaries around my nose. Not to mention the 30 pound weight gain.
Deerwalk, how does alcohol affect hormones? I'm curious.
When your forehead breaks out it's usually from oil dripping onto your skin. Maybe you are sweating more when you drink or your hair in touching your face or you are wiping your forehead with your fingertips.
It has nothing to do with alcohol itself.
If you get breakouts from the nose down it's usually hormones or again touching your face with your fingertips or your hair touching your face (oil)
It has nothing to do with alcohol itself.
If you get breakouts from the nose down it's usually hormones or again touching your face with your fingertips or your hair touching your face (oil)
When I was drinking my body would release extra histamines making my face feel itchy and I would touch my face, thus making it break out.
Now when I find myself on phone trees or using it often my face breaks out. I found that keeping my hands clean and wiping my phone with those electronic wipes cuts down on the breakouts.
Now when I find myself on phone trees or using it often my face breaks out. I found that keeping my hands clean and wiping my phone with those electronic wipes cuts down on the breakouts.
"In premenopausal women, chronic heavy drinking can contribute to a multitude of reproductive disorders. These include cessation of menstruation, irregular menstrual cycles, menstrual cycles without ovulation, early menopause, and increased risk of spontaneous abortions (6,21,22). These dysfunctions can be caused by alcohol's interfering directly with the hormonal regulation of the reproductive system or indirectly through other disorders associated with alcohol abuse, such as liver disease, pancreatic disease, malnutrition, or fetal abnormalities (6)."
If it does all that, I can only imagine what it can do to hormones in relation to break-outs, painful PMS symptoms, and probably even secondary sex characteristics like the breasts.
The same article mentioned that alcohol abuse can increase the risks of osteoporosis and cardiovascular disease in post-menopausal women and can reduce testosterone in men, leading to "feminization" of men, for example breast enlargement!
This sure backs up what I said earlier about alcohol being an uglifier! I think I might make this research a little project of mine: the ways alcoholism makes you ooogly! Probably won't convince alcoholics to quit, but it sure would give the vainer of us incentive not to pick up!
Alcohol made me break out. But I'm not sure how much of it had to do with the alcohol, or with the fact that I didn't take care of myself (shower, eat, etc).
But I will say that my skin looks much better now! The "glow" came back after I was sober for a few months.
But I will say that my skin looks much better now! The "glow" came back after I was sober for a few months.
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