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Alcohol is a toxin and when ingested has to be detoxified by the body. Excessive quantities are not easily dealt with as they place strain on the organs involved in the detoxifying process, such as the liver. While a glass of wine with your meal is fine, a single night of bingeing will be visible on your skin the next morning as dehydration, redness and puffy eyes. Usually heavy drinkers tend to have heavier capillary formation, giving the skin a red, ruddy look. Alcohol is also a vasodilator: when you drink, your skin feels warm because your blood vessels actually relax, allowing more blood flow to the skin. If you do this consistently, the blood vessels eventually start to stretch, which leads to greater blood vessel for mation. Alcohol also depletes the body’s levels of vitamin B, especially folic acid and thiamine. In your skin, a deficiency will manifest as a sallow complexion, dryness, slackness and breakouts.