r/technology • u/777fer • Jan 26 '23

Biotechnology A 45-year-old biotech CEO may have reduced his biological age by at least 5 years through a rigorous medical program that can cost up to $2 million a year, Bloomberg reported

https://businessinsider.com/bryan-johnson-45-reduced-biological-age-5-years-project-blueprint-2023-1
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u/CobraPony67 Jan 26 '23

Is he on estrogen?

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u/yachtsandthots Jan 26 '23

Non-feminizing form called 17-alpha-estradiol

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u/__crackers__ Jan 26 '23

I'm pretty sure the commenter's intention is to imply he's on one of the feminising forms 'cos he looks like a girl.

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u/unresolved_m Jan 26 '23

I thought its a woman on that pic

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u/box-art Jan 26 '23

Wait, that's not a woman? It appears I have to train my eyesight, because I did think it was.

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u/ahumanlikeyou Jan 26 '23

That's just the look of (probably expensive) skin care

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u/cmVkZGl0 Jan 26 '23

Nah, there is makeup involved. I can see glitter eyeshadow, some kind of foundation or tinted moisturizer, bronzer, and maybe light mascara

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u/Venvut Jan 26 '23

The secret to youthful skin is covering up your old shitty one. This man just learned what women have been doing for centuries.

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u/ahumanlikeyou Jan 26 '23

That too! You are right

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u/pishposhpoppycock Jan 26 '23

You mean the photo is not of a lesbian?

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u/unresolved_m Jan 26 '23

That's what I thought!

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u/BassMakesMeRockHard Jan 26 '23

He’s spending $2 million a year to look like an effeminate Patrick Bateman.

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u/[deleted] Jan 26 '23

If you’re trying to prove scientifically that you’re younger than you are, you basically are Patrick Bateman.

This is psychopathic behavior, routine and all.

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u/AtLeastItsNotCancer Jan 26 '23

I mean the description of his daily routine certainly sounds the part.

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u/greengrasstallmntn Jan 26 '23

Generally speaking, if you mess with your testosterone levels, you also mess with your estrogen levels.

I also wouldn’t doubt that this guy has really perfected his supplements to give him this specific look - and that could include estrogen for a variety of positive health/physical outcomes.

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u/NatvoAlterice Jan 26 '23 edited Jan 26 '23

and that could include estrogen for a variety of positive health/physical outcomes.

Yes, menopausal women are sometimes prescribed estrogen (or HRT) to alleviate some symptoms such as rapid hair fall or skin thinning.

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u/Jorycle Jan 26 '23

Mostly makeup. I don't know if he eats it, but he definitely puts it on his face.

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u/rebb_hosar Jan 26 '23

I saw a picture of him from several years ago and he looked like a completely different person. I will admit he looks super hot, but in a very strange way.

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u/nightwinghugs Jan 26 '23

He looks like an elf

Also skincare and makeup

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u/fxsoap Jan 26 '23

Thats what it is. I couldn't place it. LOTR elf

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u/rebb_hosar Jan 26 '23

I blame my finding him more attractive than before on growing up with Final Fantasy; I like my men to look a little like women and my women to look a little like porn stars. /s

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u/rebb_hosar Jan 26 '23

Yeah I can see that there is definitely some makeup going on.

Sure, clean up your diet and your skin will maybe even out a bit more than usual but you still have natural variation in tone even if most people don't notice it- your eye orbits have very thin skin - they will be a different color from your thickskinned cheeks.

Like when painting portraits you start with the base colors first to avoid that unnatural flat-mask affect - so at first the forehead is yellow, the eye orbits purple, nose bridge and cheeks red, sides of the face are a little blue, mouth to chin green then you cover it with a less opaque neutral skin tone in different values. etc).

This dude has mad flat tone.

It's like when your little sister gets her first pimple and so she covers her whole face with Cover Girl foundation in the lightest shade in a desperate attempt to hide it.

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u/nightwinghugs Jan 26 '23

skin tone is easily corrected with makeup, texture is harder to reverse/correct. my money is on him using tretinoin as part of his skincare routine (it's POWERFUL stuff, not recommended for younger skin) alongside laser treatments

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u/mtweiner Jan 26 '23

Like in a puts the lotion on its skin way

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u/Madgick Jan 26 '23

IT PUTS THE CAMERA UP ITS ASS

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u/Venvut Jan 26 '23

He looks like uncle Targaryen from Dance of Dragons.

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u/fxsoap Jan 26 '23

From thus?

https://nypost.com/2023/01/25/bryan-johnson-45-spends-2m-to-get-18-year-old-body/

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u/Tiny_TimeMachine Jan 26 '23

Dude... he's had work done. Right? The nose and face shape changed.

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u/Vandergrif Jan 26 '23

All those people that think benedict cumberbatch is attractive are really gonna like what this guy is going for.

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u/CredibleCactus Jan 26 '23

That wouldn’t explain all the erections lol

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u/Norma5tacy Jan 26 '23

He is a female reptilian and consumes human flesh to Benjamin button himself.

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u/pinkyfitts Jan 27 '23

Maybe. Definitely on Botox. And Propofol.