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Man who spends $2M a year to look 18 is swapping blood with his father and son
- jvanderbot 3y agoI asked my wife, and she said he doesn't look any younger than any other person who has a good skin care routine.
- lotsofpulp 3y agoYou can easily tell by the sunk or deflated skin on the face. Compare the kid’s face and the dad’s face. I wonder if there is a term for the subcutaneous fat or whatever that goes away as you age.
- pestatije 3y agoi think it's collagen
- sterlind 3y agoI think the aging look might be due to the accumulation or hardening of collagen. I have a collagen disorder (Ehlers) that makes my skin velvet-smooth and stretchy because the collagen's all melty. not good for joints though.
- moi2388 3y agoThere is: aging
- imran0 3y agoIn a video with Will Tennyson he mentioned that he keeps his body fat at 5%. Such low numbers will naturally give you a sunken look.
- strikelaserclaw 3y agothe guy looks like a ghoul, his health metrics might be good but he looks way older than his age.
- Clubber 3y agoHe looks his age. He's going to get old and die on a regular human timeframe (if he's lucky) just like the rest of us. He needs to acclimate himself to that fact; we all do. Time is undefeated, make the best of the time you have.
- shrimp_emoji 3y agohttps://youtu.be/XsS_J3G2X3E&t=1681 https://youtu.be/XsS_J3G2X3E&t=1681
- algoatecorn 3y agoThis guy's content snuck into my youtube algo not long ago. He seems to have a real disorder that stems from age and time, permeating every aspect of his life. I know it sounds a bit judgemental, and everyone should be able to do as they please. Agreed. But if you look into him, he is actually peddling a lot of these gadgets and courses around anti-aging. The media attention he's getting is probably just lining his pockets even further
- pschuegr 3y agoAlso, I try not to judge what people spend their money on, but you can help a lot of people with $2m. Every time I hear stories like this I think of that guy in the UK who saved up for ... hair transplants? I think? and when he'd saved his $20k or whatever it was he decided to give it to some kid who needed money for a non-cosmetic medical treatment. There's a mensch for you.
- greatpostman 3y agoYeah I also think he has some form of OCD. Regardless, I think someone trying what he’s trying is a positive for humanity. Learnings about the human body could pop out
- AndyNemmity 3y agoI enjoy watching his content and the levels and arguments he makes, the only thing I don't like is he believes because he is spending 2m a year, that everything he says is fact, and based on data so it's impossible to be wrong. That kind of thinking is so odd. He thinks every eating plan is stupid, because it's not his eating plan. As if eating that many pills and his weird food is the only way to optimize one's self.
- markozivanovic 3y agoI just started following Bryan's journey two weeks ago. I didn't get the same impression as you. I always thought it's implied he's talking about what's good for him, not all people. He then uses that as a framework for something others could pickup and incorporate in their lives. I like the iterative nature of his work - he always tries to improve the recipes and supplements he takes. I always see a lot of negative comments about the guy here on HN, and he's basically hacking his own body and publishes everything for free[0]. [0] https://blueprint.bryanjohnson.co/ https://blueprint.bryanjohnson.co/
- Gordonjcp 3y agoHe looks older than me (I'm 50 in a few months), if I shaved my beard off. He doesn't look 18. He looks like someone in his mid-to-late 40s. If you want to look younger than that at 50, follow my diet and healthcare regime - go for a walk out in the fresh air every so often, eat pies, drink full-cream milk, avoid sugar-free or low-fat things, and - crucially - stop fucking stressing about how old you look.
- anonzzzies 3y ago> stop stressing … about anything and everything. It helps. But yes, also 50 here and looking younger than this guy. I have some fat and it makes that I don’t have any wrinkles in my face at all.
- browningstreet 3y agoSally Mcrae just ran a 250 mile race and didn't feel sore afterwards. Her condition and physical state is what I'm interested in.
- anonzzzies 3y agoYep. But this article is about a guy that wants to look 18. And he doesn’t, at all.
- moi2388 3y agoI don’t know. His preoccupation with looks seems rather immature to me ;)
- pengaru 3y agoYou forgot the wear a full beard to naturally shield much of your face from harmful UV. Shave it off when you want to look young.
- dan-g 3y agoFor anyone interested (and a Bloomberg subscriber), the version of the article published on Bloomberg has some additional photos: https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2023-05-22/bryan-johnson-s-anti-aging-blood-transfusion-involves-dad-and-son https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2023-05-22/bryan-joh...
- bradlys 3y agoIf he actually publishes any well done research - I don’t think this is such a bad thing. I suspect it’ll suffer from not having enough participants to really make great claims about what is most effective for everyone but maybe it’ll be a more effective starting point for more broad trials among the general population. Right now though, I do worry that he’s just spending money ineffectively and no one but some grifters gets anything out of this.
- CameronNemo 3y agoThe problem is that the procedure described in the article is not useful for research. You effectively have a sample size of 1 or 2, which is damn near useless. All of the people being related doesn't help, either. This particular procedure just seems like a stunt.
- dragontamer 3y agoA study with sample size 1 is called a 'Case Study' and is used all the time in various hard sciences. Larger scale studies are of course stronger. But case studies have depth and are often the source of good hypothesis or the inspiration of other tests. ------ That being said, this dude looks like a quack to me. But the alchemists we're all quacks but still laid the foundation of modern chemistry. So it ended up all being worthwhile.
- drekk 3y agoThis isn't a case study. He is self reporting. With the amount of measurements he takes on himself he is bound to find something "statistically significant" by chance. p=.05 is still a 1 in 20 it's bullshit. Measure 20 variables and you'll probably find something "significant" just by chance. This dude should be called out not for being a quack or for wasting so much money. He should be called out for using his son in this way. Hundreds of thousands of Americans need plasma transfusions every year. He's doing it for fun. And objectifying his son in the process. There's a lot of exciting science happening in the anti-aging field. There's a reason researchers in the field think this is not only pointless but reckless. I've been hematoma'd. It's not fun. I would never speak to my father again if I got a hematoma or some other complication because he's afraid of his own mortality.
- hoc 3y agoSo, the vampire routine doesn't work either... (cancelling dentist appointment right now)
- dan-rocks 3y agoThe photo on the Tweet looks incredibly disturbing. His face and head seem like they have been planted on someone else's body; even the colors are different.
- nunez 3y agoI have 50-yo+ friends that look younger than this guy. You can't game genetics.
- cathdrlbizzare 3y agoThe age old (no pun intended) rich people trying to cheat the reaper. There’s a trade in endangered animals for this same snake oil (also no pun intended).
- voldacar 3y agoThey might look younger because they have more body fat. He almost certainly has better skin than them
- gnabgib 3y agoWonder why this is being trotted out again, doesn't seem to be anything new since January[0] discussion: 106pts, 177 comments[1] [0]: https://www.bloomberg.com/news/features/2023-01-25/anti-aging-techniques-taken-to-extreme-by-bryan-johnson https://www.bloomberg.com/news/features/2023-01-25/anti-agin... [1]: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=34518175 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=34518175
- thatgerhard 3y agomore like 30, def not 18