Drinking Alcohol Ages Your Skin Faster

By now, you've heard that alcohol dehydrates your body. Drinking alcohol throws your skin off balance with the oils it naturally produces, while also causing dryness via water loss - both internally and by skin evaporation. Before you think guzzling water before bed is going to save you, your body can only absorb so much at once and will quickly eliminate most of that water into the toilet.

Dehydration Is the Issue

There’s a huge amount of damage to the skin that occurs; alcohol affects any mucous membrane, from the pancreas and liver to the skin. Comparing a person who has been drinking for 20 or 30 years, and a person the same age who hasn’t at all, there is a massive difference in the skin—more wrinkles which can make you look 10 years older. But that’s not all, your liver tries to metabolize the alcohol and releases the chemical Acetaldehyde. This chemical is toxic and causes your body to release Histamine which then causes inflammation.

Sugary Alcoholic Drinks Are Worse

If you think that it’s just the hard liquor that has horrible effects on your skin, we have more bad news. When you consume sugary drinks, your body rapidly converts this sugar into glucose. This, in turn, causes your insulin levels to spike which, in turn, causes a burst of inflammation throughout your body including your skin. The process produces enzymes that breakdown Collagen.

Adding Collagen Helps Hydrate Your Skin

In a recent double-blind study, it concluded that
“Since the collagen peptides and the skin nutrients were taken orally, the effects reached the deeper layers of the skin and sustainably improved skin physiology and appearance.”
Read the full study HERE!

Stay Hydrated While Drinking

Keep your skin’s elasticity and hydration and still enjoy your liquor with one simple solution: Collagen Sips™.

Collagen Sips are designed to mimic the taste of your favorite cocktail beverages.

Packed with 5g of collagen and no sugar, our single-serving packets are designed to easily mix into water for an enjoyable mocktail or into your liquor of choice for a quick cocktail.