How to deal with yellowing of the face due to excessive alcohol consumption

Nov 28, 2025 Source: Cainiu Health

Dr. Huang Yuhong

Introduction

Facial yellowing due to excessive alcohol consumption can generally be managed by rehydrating to promote metabolism, adjusting diet to aid relief, ensuring adequate rest for recovery, taking appropriate vitamin supplements, and avoiding further drinking to prevent加重负担. Drinking plenty of warm water, light salt water, or honey water helps dilute the concentration of alcohol in the body and accelerates the elimination of alcohol and its metabolites.

Yellowing of the face after excessive alcohol consumption can generally be managed by rehydrating to promote metabolism, adjusting diet for relief, ensuring adequate rest for recovery, appropriately supplementing vitamins, and avoiding further drinking to prevent加重负担. Specific measures are as follows:

1. Rehydrate to promote metabolism: Drink plenty of warm water, light salt water, or honey water to help dilute blood alcohol levels, accelerate the elimination of alcohol and its metabolites, reduce the metabolic burden on the liver, and replenish fluids lost during drinking, thereby improving sallow complexion caused by dehydration.

2. Adjust diet to aid relief: Choose light, easily digestible foods such as millet porridge, vegetable congee, or steamed fish. Avoid greasy and spicy foods that may increase the burden on the gastrointestinal tract and liver. Consume adequate vegetables and fruits rich in dietary fiber to help regulate bodily functions and improve facial yellowing.

3. Ensure sufficient rest for recovery: Avoid staying up late after drinking; instead, rest as soon as possible to allow organs—especially the liver—to fully recover. This reduces the ongoing effects of alcohol on the body. During sleep, metabolic processes gradually return to normal, and facial yellowing will slowly improve.

4. Appropriately supplement vitamins: Consume foods or supplements rich in vitamin C and B-complex vitamins, such as oranges, kiwifruit, spinach, and nuts. These vitamins support the liver in processing alcohol metabolites and protect liver cells, helping to improve sallow skin after drinking.

5. Avoid further drinking to reduce burden: Facial yellowing after drinking indicates that the body has already been affected by alcohol. Alcohol consumption should be stopped immediately to avoid increasing the liver’s metabolic load, worsening facial yellowing, and causing additional harm to other organs.

After drinking, closely monitor your physical condition. If facial yellowing persists for more than two days or is accompanied by symptoms such as abdominal pain, nausea, vomiting, or darkened urine, seek medical attention promptly for evaluation.

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