Bathing in red wine is a beauty trend, but health experts caution against it

Internet users are bathing in red wine in the hope of improving their skin. Photo: AFP

On TikTok, a video posted last month has got people talking. And with good reason, since it shows a woman filling her bath with red wine, orange and cinnamon, not to make her own mulled wine, but to bathe in.

But this practice, which is supposed to be relaxing and enhance skin beauty, is far from being all that beneficial, experts say.