Halloween is all fun and games until someone dressed as Pennywise drinks too much zombie gut punch and trips over the cauldron of Kit Kats. (No? Just us?) But besides the next-day regret that’s often fueled by fuzzy memories and a few unknown bruises, you can also blame your splotchy, dry, hungover skin on the a-a-a-a-alcohol.
“Drinking alcohol dehydrates the body and skin, which can make you look puffy and bloated,” said dermatologist Debra Jaliman, MD. “It also creates a histamine reaction, because it causes the facial blood vessels to dilate, causing redness and flushing.” (Oh, and then there’s this part that dermatologist Josh Zeichner, MD, pointed out: “Some data suggest that alcohol lowers the skin’s antioxidant defenses, meaning it cannot protect itself from the environment as well as it should.”)
That’s the bad news. The good news is that not all spooky cocktails are created equal, nor do they have the same effect on your face. So when the only way to survive a night filled with candy-hyped children in princess costumes is with an adult beverage, we’re breaking down the scary-good products that do a little damage control.
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