Tech exec Bryan Johnson, who spends millions on longevity, shares the skincare routine he says gives him the wrinkles of a 10-year-old
- Bryan Johnson is a tech exec devoted to anti-aging and longevity.
- He claims he has the wrinkles of a 10-year-old and the skin texture of a 14-year-old.
Tech entrepreneur Bryan Johnson spends $2 million a year on anti-aging as he attempts to boost his longevity, including having skin that he claims is comparable to a 10-year-old's.
The biohacker and tech exec, 45, claims he has reversed his "biological age" — a murky concept some scientists and health advocates say can differ from our chronological age— giving him the heart of a 37-year-old and the lung capacity of an 18-year-old, through his anti-aging program Project Blueprint.
The National Institute on Aging says our "biological age means the true age that our cells, tissues, and organ systems appear to be, based on biochemistry."
As well as doing daily workouts, intermittent fasting, and taking 111 pills a day, Johnson is committed to skincare.
According to his website, Johnson has the wrinkles and spots of a 10-year-old and the skin texture of a 14-year-old, but also the pores of a 50-year-old, UV spots of a 62-year-old, and red areas of a 70-year-old. Health wasn't always important to Johnson, and he was often exposed to the sun growing up.
Here's what his skincare regime entails.
Johnson applies 7 different creams daily
Every morning, Johnson uses Cerave Acne Control Cleanser as well as the brand's moisturizer with SPF 30 and body moisturizing cream, according to his website. Before bed, he uses a Cerave night cream.
Johnson applies seven different creams every day, containing ingredients including vitamins C, E, and B3, ferulic acid, and azelaic acid, his website states. He also applies a 0.1% tretinoin topical cream.
Johnson uses SPF 46 sunscreen every day and tries to stay out of the sun and takes supplements including lycopene, which is linked to skin health, he told Bloomberg. He also drinks a smoothie containing collagen peptides, which have been linked to youthful skin (but robust evidence is lacking).
Johnson has fat injected into his face
Johnson undergoes various skincare treatments including weekly acid peels, laser therapy, microneedling, "microbotox injections for pore shrinkage," and injections designed to stimulate collagen production, his website states.
However, Johnson is also attempting to rejuvenate his face by receiving fat injections from a donor.
Immediately after each fat injection, he looks "so puffed up" that he could have been "chugging bee venom," resembling a "big, swollen porcelain doll," Bloomberg reported.
Unlike common types of filler, the injections are meant to build a "fat-scaffolding" in Johnson's face, which purportedly will then start producing the fat cells of someone younger.
"Filler is just patching over something," Johnson said. "It will take a few months for the fat scaffold to build, but then, as I regenerate, it will actually create fat on its own. If I do an MRI or multispectral imaging, then hopefully it will show that I'm identical to an 18-year-old again."
These treatments often use fat cells from somewhere else on a person's body, but Johnson has so little body fat that he used a donor, Bloomberg reported.