Banana peel

If you’ve been online in the last week, you have seen The Video.

Fitness coach Ashton Hall, topless and taped of mouth and nose, starts his morning at 3:52am.

He brushes his teeth; then, at 4am, he steps out onto his balcony for a classic crouch and push-up combo.

At 5:49, he dunks his face into a bowl of ice water; but it is only at 8:43 am that he commits to his final morning skincare routine, which involves wiping his face with the skin of a banana.

A lot has been said about the much-ridiculed routine already. But I for one am left with a single burning question (and no, it’s not how a person apparently dives into a pool for four straight minutes) – does that actually work?

Here’s what Dr Dave Reilly, Head Scientist at

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