Alcohol has been known to lower inhibitions as well as make others appear to be more attractive, a phenomenon known as having beer goggles. But as it turns out, drinking alcohol doesn’t just make everyone else more attractive- it makes the person drinking appear more attractive as well.
According to scientists at the University of Bristol, drinking one large glass of wine causes facial flushing and confidence, which makes the drinker more attractive to others.
Jana Van Den Abbeele, a psychologist at the University of Bristol, and her colleagues asked 20 men and 20 women to rate the attractiveness of people in three different photographs at three levels of intoxication. The first photo was taken while people were sober, the second was taken after drinking a third of a bottle of wine, and the third was taken after those same people drank about two-thirds of a bottle.
The results showed that the tipsy people, or those who drank about a third of a bottle of wine, were consistently rated as the most attractive.
As the study explains, this change in attractiveness can be attributed to the fact that alcohol gives drinkers more flush to their skin, as well as making people more relaxed.
People with redness in the cheeks appear to be healthier, and therefore, more attractive. Alcohol in low doses also makes people appear to be happy and increases relaxation, which also bump up attractiveness levels.
These positive feelings also cause the drinker to drink more alcohol, which the study found to be counterintuitive. The study explains that more alcohol does not equate to being even more attractive.
The study found that drinking too much alcohol causes changes in facial expressions that are seen as being unattractive, and reverses those aforementioned beautifying effects.
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