All those happy hours may leave you with more than just killer hangovers. A new app claims to show how your drinking habits will mess with your looks over time, and the result isn’t pretty. The Scottish government released the free app, Drinking Mirror, as a part of their new health campaign to curb excess drinking.
Brave users can upload their picture, enter how many cocktails they have per week, and check out their future face. So what will too many martinis do to your skin ten years from now? According to the app, you can look forward to puffiness, redness, and deeper wrinkles. Of course, the tool doesn’t consider your other lifestyle factors and genetics, but it may cause you to think twice about that third glass of wine. “The app is a fun way to see the long-term effects of binge drinking,” says Drinking Mirror’s developer Auriole Prince, age progression artist for ChangeMyFace.com.
So should you cut down on your cocktails for your skin’s sake? It certainly couldn’t hurt. “Alcohol is essentially a toxin to the body,” says New York City-based dermatologist Michele Green, M.D. “It dries you out, it dehydrates you, and it prematurely ages you.” The result: A less-than-flawless complexion.
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