How Alcohol Affects Your Skin & a Simple Way To Reduce Damage [Video]

If you’re aiming for glowing, healthy skin in 2025, it might be time to reconsider your alcohol intake. Alcohol is a diuretic, which means it dehydrates the body, causing a loss of essential vitamins and nutrients that are crucial for skin health, according to the Health Service Executive.

Dehydration can lead to wrinkles, and dull, grey-looking skin while also depleting vital nutrients like Vitamin A. This vitamin plays a key role in wound healing, anti-aging, the production of collagen, and treating conditions like rosacea, which causes redness, dilated blood vessels, and small, pus-filled bumps on the face.

In addition, alcohol can disrupt the body’s blood pressure balance, affecting healthy blood flow to the skin. Dr. Imogen Bexfield, founder of White Swan Aesthetics in the UK, explains that this disruption can lead to bloating and water retention, particularly in the face.

“It causes the skin to flush red and also for the blood pressure to be unbalanced. The blood vessels …