Don't Want To Be Old, Bryan Johnson Desperately Injects Fat Into The Face

Bryan Johnson (Instagram/@bryanjohnson_)

JAKARTA - Recently, Bryan Johnson, a 47-year-old biohacker and billionaire shared a shocking photo on his personal Instagram account. He showed a severe allergic reaction he experienced due to anti-aging treatments involving other people's fat injections into his face.

Johnson, known for his extreme treatments to fight aging. He performed the procedure in an attempt to get a 'child-like' face.

However, this latest experiment ended in a disaster. After the treatment, Johnson's face swelled badly. This caused a loss of sight in the meantime.

In his upload, Johnson revealed that the adverse reaction appeared just 30 minutes after injection.

"Once the injection was complete, my face started to swell. Then it got worse, until finally I couldn't see it at all. It was a very severe allergic reaction," said Johnshon, quoted by VOI from the Daily Mail page on Monday, November 18, 2024.

In a joking but worried tone, Johnson contacted a colleague he was supposed to meet to give a warning.

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"You probably won't recognize me today. I think I'm fine. Otherwise, are you trained to make life-saving actions?" he said.

Johnson is not new to extreme health care. Last year, he carried out three-generation blood exchange treatments, involving himself, his son Talmage, and his father Richard.

They perform blood transfusions between generations that can'rejuvenate' the body. In this procedure, their blood is sucked in. The blood plasma of the child is inserted into Johnson's blood vessels. Meanwhile, Johnson's plasma was injected into his father's body.

In addition, Johnson also admits to consuming 100 supplements daily, eating 70 pounds of vegetables that are smoothed every month, and has undergone more than 33 thousand scans to examine the interior of his body.

Johnson's most recent procedure involves extracting fat cells from body parts such as thighs and stomach, then injecting them into the face to restore the missing skin volume.

However, Johnson said he didn't have enough fat in his own body, so he was forced to use fat from other donors.

Johnson explained that his body is very slim thanks to a strict diet that consumes only 1,950 calories per day, about 500 calories less than suggested by the National Health Service (NHS).

This diet has drastically reduced his body fat levels, including on his face. However, he admitted the diet made him look thin and even many people thought he was dying.

"People thought I was almost dead. It turns out that facial fat is very important for the way people view someone looking young. It doesn't matter how good my biological process is, if I don't have facial fat, it won't work."

Although this procedure did not go as planned, Johnson said that there was no permanent damage to his face.

"Seven days later, my face came back to normal and we've returned to the planning table to formulate our next treatment strategy." he said.