Bloated Faces

[Cheery Cherry]

I know some people who drink socially and some that drink on a regular basis. I've noticed that some of them get bloated faces after (I guess) many years of drinking. How much alcohol does one have to consume to get noticeably bloated in the face? Is bloating permanent?

[potsmokingnome]

Bloated faces? I've never noticed that...I'm sure your right, but I've just never seen it or paid attention to that detail, I will next time when I look at people I know that are daily drinkin drunks ;)

[slipknotpsycho]

you know, now that you say that, every alcoholic in my family does have a bloated face... and i mean the ones who drink non stop.... it's like as their belly grows, so does their face... mine's gotten a bit bigger then it used to be as well...

now i'm sitting here going over every alcoholic i've known, trying to think of one that isn't bloated in the face...

[thcbongman]

Man I'm glad I never drank that much in my life.

So what happens to us weed smokers after so many years. hmmmmmmm..........

[savagepossum]

i know that people who drink lots over a period of a few years get a permant red blush lol no alchahol for me thanks

[LIP]

Man I'm glad I never drank that much in my life.

So what happens to us weed smokers after so many years. hmmmmmmm..........

We go green and spontainiously combust.:S2: :S5:

[fasterspider]

We go green and spontainiously combust.:S2: :S5:
That's pretty funny LIP, I hope they can scrape enough of me up to use as fertilizer in someones weedpatch after I combust.:stoned:

Excessive drinking does all kinds of terrible things to the body, bloating is only one of the. How about when they get those capilary viens in their faces that make them look like they are gonna blow up if they get excited?

[Cheery Cherry]

Well, I asked the questions about bloated faces because my single sister is in her early twenties, she is extremely attractive and a bit obsessed with her looks. She is pretty thin but her face did get a little "fatter" since last year. Enough to notice. I know she goes out drinking a lot but I do not know how much she drinks. This past Christmas, I noticed that she drank quite a bit without getting a buzz. She kept mentioning to me about her face getting fatter and how she hated it.

I just thought it was odd that only her face looked so bloated. I don't want to say that the reason is because she drinks, because I do not really know. So I was wondering how much alcohol does one have to consume to get bloated face? I mean I used to drink a lot when I was younger too, but I stopped when I turned 20 years old.

I guess I should do a little search on alcoholism. I don't believe she is an alcoholic...but she has passed out while driving and gotten flat tires and woke up a couple of hours later on the side of a road, with her car still running at 4 in the morning!!! She got really lucky with no cops and no psychos raping her or something.

[higher4hockey]

it takes years of heavy drinking for that to happen. otherwise i'd look like the stay puffed marshmallow man. i dont think your sisters bloated face is from drinking.

[Cheery Cherry]

it takes years of heavy drinking for that to happen. otherwise i'd look like the stay puffed marshmallow man. i dont think your sisters bloated face is from drinking.

LOL, puffed marshmallow...oh great, now I want some marshmallow!!!

Yeah..maybe I'm just overly concerned with her drinking and wanted a reason to bring it up.

[higher4hockey]

well maybe in that case you should confront her about it.... its tough though to talk to someone about drinking too much....i drank too much when i was in college and many many people tried to get me to slow it down a bit, the only thing that made me stop drinking so much, was me.

[Skink]

Good news is if she stops she will heal and look here age again... I gained 10 15 years back when I stopped... the red cheeks and nose heals to...

[birdgirl73]

Bloating definitely can happen as a result of alcohol. It affects liver, kidney and even heart function, all of which help control fluid balance in the body. And bloating probably happens at different rates in different people. I think a lot of it has to do with how it affects liver function, but I don't know the specific patho-physiology that explains exactly why. I had an alcoholic uncle who was definitely bloated and an alcoholic great aunt who was the same way.

Every list of alcohol-related symptoms always lists bloating as one of the signs. Like on this one, which isn't just about binge-drinking, despite the URL wording:
in the know zone - binge drinking (http://www.intheknowzone.com/binge/lterm.htm)

[LazySmoking420]

That's a path you DO NOT wanna go down... Alcohol will destory your life.

[darkside]

since i've been smoking weed i have had the urge to drink less and less. ill have a few beers now and then but thats it. alcohol in large quantities is not really worth it to me. it tastes unpleasant, dehydrates you, and makes you feel like shit the next day.

[Nochowderforyou]

Yes, I have noticed that a lot of heavy drinkers get bloated faces.

It comes with many, many years of abusinf alcohol. You won't get bloated faces with weekend partying. More with years of daily, heavy drinking.

Bloated faces are sometimes common within alcoholics, not all of them, but my best friends mom was a drinker for 25 years and her face was puffy. Sadly, she passed on the gene to him and now his face is bloated.

I wouldn't worry about it too much if you're a social drinker. Keep in mind that most alcoholics blood alcohol level is usually at .75, that's 7 times the legal limit I believe, so unless you're drinking that much, don't worry about it. :)

[wholapola]

Not to rain on anyones party but i doubt our lungs fist-pump a good hit either..

[darkside]

Not to rain on anyones party but i doubt our lungs fist-pump a good hit either..

i dont understand. what is a fist pump?

[CYRAX]

it takes years of heavy drinking for that to happen. otherwise i'd look like the stay puffed marshmallow man. i dont think your sisters bloated face is from drinking.

lol the end of that post is helarious.


IDK, but it takes much time for a face blotation from daily alch.

[keeko]

i know one alcoholic who is thin as a twig, but she has liver problems already and wont see the doctor....i think its slowly killing her:(

[2600HERTZ]

Yeah I know quite a few people with bloated faces too. I never go enough into drinking to have it become a problem.