The pursuit of longevity has been taken to new heights by millionaire tech entrepreneur Bryan Johnson , who is at the forefront of the movement looking for new ways to reverse aging and extend healthspan, and live to age 150 . But Johnson’s latest escapade went seriously wrong. Johnson posted to his Instagram on November 14 a jarring close-up of his face, bloated and red, after an attempt to inject a “donor’s” fat into his face to attain a more youthful look.
The idea came as a result of Johnson’s weight loss from his strict 1,950-calorie diet . “I got really lean and lost a lot of fat—especially in my face. My biomarkers were improving, but I looked gaunt,” Johnson wrote in his caption.
“People thought I was on the brink of death.” That’s what prompted him to initiate what he called, “Project Baby Face,” an attempt to bring youthfulness back into his face. “Facial fat, we discovered, is pretty important for how people perceive youth,” Johnson wrote.
“It didn’t matter how good my biomarkers were if I didn’t have face fat.” Johnson says he didn’t have enough fat on his own body to inject into his face, hence the need for a donor. His body quickly rejected the fat, though.
A post shared by Bryan Johnson (@bryanjohnson_) “Immediately following the injections, my face began to blow up. And then it got worse, and worse, and worse until I couldn’t even see,” Johnson’s caption says. “It was a severe allergic reaction.
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