REPOST: Online tool shows how alcohol abuse changes your appearance

Rehabs.com’s ‘Your Face as an Alcoholic’ is an online tool that demonstrates the effects of alcohol abuse on one’s appearance. It works by morphing and distorting uploaded photos to show the impact of heavy drinking over the years. NYDailyNews.com has the full story below.

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An interactive tool may help people who are at risk of alcohol abuse face the truth about what excess drinking can do to their appearances.

Rehabs.com’s “Your Face as an Alcoholic” feature shows the impact alcoholism can have on your looks after two, five, 10, 15 and 20 years.

Users are encouraged to upload a picture that is then morphed, distorted and edited to demonstrate some of the long-term effects of booze on your skin. These include bloating, permanent red blotches and deep wrinkles.

The “Your Face as an Alcoholic” tool calls to mind Change My Face’s “Drinking Time Machine” app and the “Drinking Mirror” app.

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The changes to your outward appearance aren’t the only negative side effects of alcohol abuse. Excess drinking can take a toll on your liver and has been shown to lead to heart problems, nerve damage and digestive problems, according to the National Institutes of Health. It has also been linked to a number of cancers.

Rehabs.com, which provides information and resources for people battling substance abuse and behavioral addictions, has a similar tool that shows the dramatic impact drugs like meth can have on your face.

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“Use these representative images to remind yourself and your loved one(s) of just how bad things can become, and know that drug abuse is an absolutely serious matter,” the website says about “Your Face on Meth.” “The physical transformation that prolonged drug abuse can cause is just the tip of the iceberg, merely an immediate and dramatic representation of the life-altering destruction that addiction can create.”

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