is alcohol ageing?

[bighug]

Does that sound a silly question? I just wondered if drinking alcohol exacerbates the ageing process, really how your face and skin look I suppose. I have read that smoking ages the skin and I wondered if alcohol has the same effect. Does anyone know or have any comments. I often feel like a scraggy old hag during/after drinking! Not enough to stop me drinking though I suppose.

[fairyfly]

yes yes yes yes, dehydration makes you look like crap, i have fifty more wrinkles after a session, good news is they dissapear

[marthamoo]

You don't see many radiant and youthful looking winos.

Serious answer is I don't know - in moderation I wouldn't have thought so. But perhaps that's just me in denial.

[sykes]

No, I'm quite old and look ten years younger. I'm pickled. It's disgustingly ageing. As bad as fags. Depends how much you drink, obviously.

[suzywong]

got to be aging, just got to be

[marthamoo]

Something like Baileys is probably less ageing. It's got cream in it so probably has anti-ageing free radical amino acid alpha-hydroxy-acids moisturising type properties.