how compresses from alcohol heat?

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I’ve read alcohol is consumed orally makes blood vessels wider and I get that. However when I read compresses from alcohol also make make blood vessels wider, I don’t get it – how external alcohol works?

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There are blood vessels in your skin.

Alcohol applied externally interacts with the blood vessels in your skin, and because they are the exact same kind of blood vessels as those inside your body, the alcohol has the exact same kind of effect on them.

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