Alcohol Makes You Age Faster Than You Can Imagine [Photo Proof]

Date: 03-07-2013 9:10 pm (10 years ago) | Author: Daniel Bosai
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Drinking Mirror is a mobile app that illustrates how alcohol consumption can really speed up the aging process. Released earlier this year as part of the Scottish government’s Drop a Glass Size campaign, the app allows users to upload or take a photo of themselves, enter their weekly boozing habits and see what they could look like in ten years. And the results are just as scary as this image of a truck driver with sun damage on the left side of his face. We’re talking forehead wrinkles, bloodshot eyes and saggy jowls.


Ellie Krupnick, senior style editor, 6-10 drinks a week



Rebecca Adams, associate editor, 1-5 drinks a week



Lauren Leibowitz, associate editor, 10+ drinks a week



Renee Jacques, style intern, 1-5 drinks a week



The photos that result may be slight exaggerations. But we have to give the Scottish government props for holding a mirror up to the issue of heavy drinking among women in an effort to reduce alcohol-related diseases and deaths.

The connection between health and alcohol hasn’t always been clear, especially with studies showing that moderate drinking may be linked with better overall health. Cosmetic dermatologist Dr. Oscar Hevia explains that alcohol consumption has very little to do with broken capillaries. “The sun is much more of a culprit for that than alcohol is,” he said. But there’s no denying that drinking causes dehydration and makes our skin look tired and unhealthy. To combat this, Dr. Rebecca Baxt recommends consuming one glass of water per alcoholic drink to keep our skin hydrated. (Easier said than done, we know.)

Check out our before and after photos below, then head over to the Drinking Mirror app site to try it yourself.


Posted: at 3-07-2013 09:10 PM (10 years ago) | Addicted Hero
- okuboye at 3-07-2013 09:22 PM (10 years ago)
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Nah true
Posted: at 3-07-2013 09:22 PM (10 years ago) | Gistmaniac
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- osamabinladin at 3-07-2013 09:35 PM (10 years ago)
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Alright !
Posted: at 3-07-2013 09:35 PM (10 years ago) | Hero
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- 1daful at 3-07-2013 09:49 PM (10 years ago)
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u are rite

Posted: at 3-07-2013 09:49 PM (10 years ago) | Gistmaniac
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- isbigo at 3-07-2013 09:50 PM (10 years ago)
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IT CAN ONLY SHOW IN THE FACES OF THE WHITE MONKEYS,LOOK AT THAT BLACK AKADA LADY,NOTHING SHOWS IN HER FACE.BLACK SKINS ARE TOO STRONG MENNHHH
Posted: at 3-07-2013 09:50 PM (10 years ago) | Gistmaniac
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- mary11 at 3-07-2013 09:56 PM (10 years ago)
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U mean say pple like me wey no dey drink go dey forever young?

Posted: at 3-07-2013 09:56 PM (10 years ago) | Hero
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- paulohking at 3-07-2013 10:16 PM (10 years ago)
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Truth
Posted: at 3-07-2013 10:16 PM (10 years ago) | Hero
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- Emyjen at 3-07-2013 10:20 PM (10 years ago)
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Thanks for the info
Posted: at 3-07-2013 10:20 PM (10 years ago) | Upcoming
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- wireless_radio at 3-07-2013 10:28 PM (10 years ago)
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Alright! Alright!! you got me. I will stop this year
Posted: at 3-07-2013 10:28 PM (10 years ago) | Gistmaniac
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- Machealex at 3-07-2013 10:28 PM (10 years ago)
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True talk
Posted: at 3-07-2013 10:28 PM (10 years ago) | Gistmaniac
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- dickman2 at 3-07-2013 10:32 PM (10 years ago)
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true talk..
Posted: at 3-07-2013 10:32 PM (10 years ago) | Addicted Hero
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- Shegzan at 3-07-2013 10:35 PM (10 years ago)
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Kk,bye#

Posted: at 3-07-2013 10:35 PM (10 years ago) | Gistmaniac
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- dareper at 3-07-2013 10:35 PM (10 years ago)
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Am immune to that, no shaking.
Posted: at 3-07-2013 10:35 PM (10 years ago) | Hero
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- Senegal at 3-07-2013 11:26 PM (10 years ago)
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 Shocked Shocked Shocked Shocked Shocked
Posted: at 3-07-2013 11:26 PM (10 years ago) | Hero
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- juddycoil at 4-07-2013 12:03 AM (10 years ago)
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kk
Posted: at 4-07-2013 12:03 AM (10 years ago) | Gistmaniac
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- beneno at 4-07-2013 12:39 AM (10 years ago)
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 Roll Eyes  Roll Eyes  Roll Eyes  Roll Eyes
Posted: at 4-07-2013 12:39 AM (10 years ago) | Addicted Hero
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- ezchusa at 4-07-2013 02:24 AM (10 years ago)
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na you sabi

Posted: at 4-07-2013 02:24 AM (10 years ago) | Gistmaniac
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- DrSoba at 4-07-2013 02:30 AM (10 years ago)
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Alcohol 4ever   Angry keep drinking it makes u see the future, tell & believe d impossible.
Posted: at 4-07-2013 02:30 AM (10 years ago) | Gistmaniac
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- ebiteck at 4-07-2013 03:04 AM (10 years ago)
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you get sense, this one na true talk
Posted: at 4-07-2013 03:04 AM (10 years ago) | Gistmaniac
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- newtoncruz at 4-07-2013 03:13 AM (10 years ago)
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DON,T TELL ME CRAP
Posted: at 4-07-2013 03:13 AM (10 years ago) | Upcoming
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