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They say that after happy nights come sad mornings, because if happy nights are equivalent to
alcohol consumption,
something very Spanish, or human, and cultural, as
Javier Gómez,
screenwriter and co-producer of 'La Casa de Papel', commented in the last
'Saved'
program , 'I drink normally',
sad mornings are the same as a hangover:
headache, malaise, dehydration...
The skin is not left behind after a feast of alcohol.
The list of traces that alcohol hangover leaves
on the skin
has its one:
dark circles under the eyes,
grayish skin, exalted redness,
cardboard face
-very dehydrated-.
Drinking, socially accepted, according to 'Salvados', but...
There has been much support
for moderate alcohol consumption:
that if it can be beneficial for health, always without going too far... In Gonzo's program this
social acceptance
of alcohol has been put on the table, as a proven fact, when for a long time For some time, experts, doctors and also dermatologists, have supported the zero alcohol policy, due to its negative consequences on the body and, yes, of course, also on the skin.
The effects of alcohol on skin aging: the example of the twins
Alcohol consumption plays a very important role in the state of our skin.
"It generates
free radicals
(that is, oxidation) that are toxic to cells and cause collagen to degrade earlier, which favors the appearance
of wrinkles and flaccidity,"
explains Dr.
Natalia Jiménez
(from the Pedro Jaén Group).
The expert dermatologist cites a
study carried out on twins,
where excessive alcohol consumption in one of them made him appear older compared to the twin who did not have such consumption.
"The skin is the organ in which alcohol consumption becomes more evident. We can observe the presence of
facial redness, spider veins
(dilated blood vessels), dehydration and loss of luminosity. In addition, when alcohol consumption is associated with liver diseases such as cirrhosis, we will secondarily observe other effects on the skin, such as
jaundice
(yellowing of the skin and mucous membranes due to increased levels of bilirubin in the blood)", Jiménez sums up the effects of alcohol at the cutaneous.
Does a glass of wine spoil your fight against aging skin?
A glass of wine or beer, or a sporadic gin and tonic,
do not have the same effects on the skin, nor on the entire body, as an alcoholic festival.
But the thing is that the experts consulted, doctors and beauticians, agree that even a glass of wine could leave
accusatory signs
on the face, even if
they are transitory
(such as a headache...), while if you drink in greater quantity,
these become chronic.
If we consume approximately one alcoholic drink a day, "the level of oxygen in the blood decreases in such a way that
wrinkles, crow's feet, rictus are accentuated...",
comments the beautician
Carmen Navarro
(with centers in several cities in Spain ).
What negative effects does alcohol have on the skin?
There are other immediate, not just long-term, effects
of facial flushing.
Those redness that
rises to the cheeks
in an obvious way after a couple of drinks only testify
to "the vasodilator effect
that alcohol has on the body and, therefore, also on the skin", explains doctor
José Luis Ramírez Bellver
(from International Dermatological Clinic).
These transitory redness affect cheeks, of course,
and nose, chin...
And they can become chronic if consumption is not moderate.
And yes, the face-cardboard, or papyrus,
dry, gray, dull,
and the eyes sunken in deep dark circles, are not only the fault
of a lack of sleep
on a post-revelry morning, but are also due to alcohol, which he
is
a "water thief",
as Carmen Navarro points out.
"To metabolize alcohol we need
high amounts of water
that the body also looks for in our skin, not to mention its diuretic effect, which slows down
the rehydration capacity,"
explains Navarro.
What you drink also affects your skin
If a beer is as noticeable in the face as a gin and tonic is something that should be considered.
Despite the fact that Dr. Natalia Jiménez emphasizes that there is no scientific evidence in this regard, it does seem clear that
the higher the alcohol content, the
more pronounced
the effects on the skin will be.
In fact, Ramírez Bellver confirms that redness due to vasodilation is
rare if you drink a beer,
and more common if you drink
wine or spirits.
And age is also a degree, and in this case not for the better.
"When we are young, we metabolize
three glasses of alcohol in about five hours.
When we reach 40 years of age, this process takes days," explains the aesthetic doctor María José Burgués.
And there we have it:
that hangover that becomes more and more 'eternal'
as we get older, becomes a reality on the skin.
Because during this metabolization phase, our skin goes through
periods of dehydration and glycation,
which is as if the alcohol caramelized or crystallized, producing a decline in collagen and elastin and
"a sudden cascade of aging,"
says Burgos.
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