Soaking in WINE?

There is a Luxury Spa in New York that claims soaking in Red Red Wine is beneficial to you and your body. Recently NBA Star Amar'e Stoudemire blew up social media when he posted a picture of himself soaking in a tub of red wine.

The antioxidants in the wine are supposed to reduce and eliminate free radicals in the body which can cause damage to the skin, proteins, and even our DNA. However the only real benefit of taking a wine bath is for its antiseptic and astringent properties. The other chemicals and sulfates in wine actually do not penetrate the skin all that well. There is no real added benefit to it. As the video below from C&EN Speaking of Chemistry states:

So really outside of saying that you did something so 'lavish' about the only thing that you should do is either drink or cook with your wine. There are other, much better, products on the market to help keep that youthful sheen to your skin.

~Cheers