A fast metabolism won't beat alcohol. It never does. But your last point is true. I used to do all kinds of skin care stuff. Sun protection, night cream, day cream, serum, facial masks... and my skin seemed to look terrible and old. I seemed to have huge eye bags too and I blamed this on minoxidil. I put a system on and lo and behold I have great skin and beautiful eyes and a nicely shaped face. It took a system for that to come out. And this is me having a very difficult experience with a system, with it falling off and me feeling unsure if I'll wear it all the time or just a few days a week, and with a very basic hairstyle. Even when it is not on my head and I go around with a Danny DeVito haircut I know that I can put the system on and will look amazing.