Alcohol Affects Your Health and Beauty

Alcohol worsens skin issues Drinking alcohol is one of the main culprits of rosacea -- a confounding skin condition that causes redness -- and often pustules on the cheeks and nose. A whopping 52 percent of 1,066 patients surveyed by the National Rosacea Society cited alcohol consumption as the primary trigger for a surge in their condition.

And, it's not just people with the disorder who run the risk of unwanted, permanent redness. Alcohol not only increases blood flow and dilates the tiny blood vessels that are closest to the outer layer of your skin, it sometimes does it in such volume that they burst, causing unsightly, enduring "broken" capillaries on the face.

(Note: Psoriasis sufferers need to be particularly careful when it comes to downing more than a few cocktails. Forty percent of those affected by the condition drink too much.)