The Sunset Blog — Asian Flush, ALDH2 & Alcohol Science

Asian flush is common but barely studied. So we asked 9,000+ people who have it what it's really like — the symptoms, the worst-offending drinks, the family patterns, and the social toll.

So you've gone out and forgotten to take your Sunset before you started drinking, and you're a little redder than you'd like.  But wait, a camera!  Damn, that would be a great photo if you weren't redder than a fluorescent tomato.  Don't worry, there's a simple fix and it takes just 60 seconds in Photoshop!

That red face after a drink isn't cosmetic — it's acetaldehyde, a Group 1 carcinogen, building up faster than your body can clear it. Here's why it happens, and what actually helps versus what only hides it.