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Why the wealthy bathe in plenty of red wine!

Those who can fill the bathtub with expensive wine seem to have discovered its beneficial qualities of health and wellbeing

Newsroom October 21 08:12

The new trend for the wealthy seems to be bathing in red wine. This fashion is not something new, since originates in the early 1900, but American basketball player Amar’e Stoudemire seems to have brought it back to the forefront.

Stoudemire enjoying his bath in red wine

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One post to his personal intagram account was enough and suddenly everyone wanted a taste…
Indeed there is a term for this trend “wine therapy” and is considered to have beneficial qualities of health and wellbeing, as well as helping blood circulation and unclog the pores of the skin.
According to the famous basketball player he is been enjoying his favor habit in the last eight months mainly as a recovery for his games.
Other than filling the bathtub at home, various beauty salons offer all kinds of “wine therapy” treatments. For a simple bath the cost is 75 dollars, a facial treatment at 205 and massage at 195 dollars.

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