The Beauty Detox: How Alcohol Ages Your Skin (and What To Do About It)

If you’ve ever looked in the mirror after a night of drinking and thought, "Why do I look five years older?", you’re not imagining things. This episode of The Replacement Project is your evidence-backed deep dive into how alcohol impacts your skin and what you can do to get your glow back. Our host Sarajean Rudman = unpacks how drinking affects hydration, collagen, inflammation, and even your hormones and sleep. You’ll learn: Why alcohol accelerates skin aging (hello, cortisol and free radicals) How quitting can quickly improve hydration, inflammation, and collagen production What “inflammaging” is—and how to stop it The role of hormones and REM sleep in nightly skin repair Simple, effective steps you can take today to reverse alcohol’s damage