Alcohol As A Cause of Acne Review
Alcohol is often avoided for various reasons by certain people, and we definitely advise against drunk driving or otherwise. But your acne and acne scars have joined the multitude of reasons to at least limit your alcoholic intake. Studies have shown that alcohol can actually impair the ability of the skin to grow new cells and reproduce blood cells after injury. In short, when you pop a pimple, it will not be able to heal as quickly and will more likely result in acne scars. It also reduces the inflammatory and protective response after your skin is injured. When your skin experiences inflammation after damage has been inflicted, the wound cleanses itself and new cells can be built to fix the injury. But alcohol dumbs down this process.
