Skin docs reveal how fast you’ll look better after you quit alcohol

James Julian
Smart Quitter
Published in
4 min readFeb 13, 2024

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The other day, I walked up to the grocery store checkout and got a blast from the past.

I noticed that the woman ahead of me seemed relatively young but had a bit too much grey hair for her age and a red, puffy face.

“She must be a heavy drinker,” I thought to myself as I looked at what she had on the belt to confirm.

Sure enough, she was only buying two items … and one was a huge box of white wine.

I wasn’t observing any of this in a judgmental way.

I was a curious observer of a life I used to live.

That puffy, red, dry face?

I had it … every day.

And any time I need a reminder of why I quit, look back at a picture of my swollen mug that I took the day I stopped for good.

Alcohol is skin poison

Alcohol is poison, and it destroys your skin in myriad ways, including:

  • As a diuretic, it dehydrates every part of you, making your skin dry and flaky
  • It dilates your blood vessels and worsens existing skin conditions, causing redness and puffiness
  • It wrecks your sleep, giving your body less time to rest and recover

The good news is, your skin will bounce back — and you can start looking younger almost immediately after quitting.

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