This Anti-Aging Gin Promises To Make You Look Younger

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It sounds like a dream come true: drink alcohol, look younger. At least that’s the premise behind the first anti-aging gin, Anti-aGin (get it?), which launched yesterday. The booze, which was commissioned by Warner Leisure Hotels in the U.K., and created by food alchemists Bompas & Parr, promises to make you look younger by drinking gin and tonic — and not just because you can get drunk enough that your fine lines start to look blurry.

The 40-proof gin is distilled with pure collagen — a protein that makes skin appear more smooth and plump. It also contains botanicals, including chamomile, tea tree, nettle, witch hazel, and gotu kola, as well as juniper, coriander, and angelica root. Along with claiming to rejuvenate your skin, the makers say Anti-aGin also helps heal sun damage, smooth cellulite, and inhibit scar formation.

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“For those that want to do everything they can to stay young, but don’t want to give up alcohol, this is surely the next best thing,” Nicky-Hambleton Jones, the anti-aging expert from the British TV show, 10 Years Younger, who also helped create the beverage, told Metro U.K.

But can you really reverse the clock by tossing one back? A 2015 study found that oral collagen helps increase skin density and hydration, improving skin aging. But not all dermatologists are on board with the idea of drinking the supposed fountain of youth. “Basically, when you drink to someone’s health you’re not drinking to your own,” Tyler Hollmig, M.D., dermatologist and director of Laser and Aesthetic Dermatology at Stanford Health Care, tells Yahoo Beauty. “Alcohol is known to dehydrate the skin and to induce hormones that may make the skin more red and irritable. Also, it is unclear how much collagen is absorbed and transmitted to the skin.”

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Bottom line: While it can’t hurt to have a cocktail now at then, don’t toss your anti-aging skincare products in the trash just yet. Curious to give it a try? Anti-aGin, which costs about $50, is available at Warner Leisure Hotels’ 13 locations, or you can order it online (though it’s currently sold out).

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