A biohacker who spends millions of dollars every year in a bid to ‘live forever’ has revealed an alarming mistake that caused his face to ‘blow up’.
Bryan Johnson is self-described biohacker whose attempts to prolong his life cost him around $2 million a year.
The venture capitalist and dad-of-three has made a name for himself for being obsessed with halting the aging process and was even receiving blood transfusions from his son in an attempt to have the youngest possible biological age.
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However, it seems that his procedures haven’t been without their mishaps after Johnson shared the details of one incident where his face blew up, becoming swollen and puffy.
In a video posted on YouTube, Johnson said: “My face blew up when I was doing fat injections. In the early days of my endeavor, I went on caloric restriction. I got very skinny and that has the effect of wiping out all the fat in your face.”
He added his surprise: “Turns out that makes you look really old. I was trying to make my face look youthful with more fat, injecting the fat, and I had a severe allergic reaction and it blew up - I guess a bit more than I bargained for.”
The biohacker has an extreme diet regime
Johnson has also broken down his day-to-day routine, sharing how he eats his meals from a strict diet before 11am and goes to sleep at 8.30pm.
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Appearing on an episode of the UK morning show, This Morning, Johnson said: “I should probably prime and say because what I’m going to say is probably pretty alarming to a lot of people, right. But I do spend five hours every day going through my longevity protocol, okay?
“It begins at 4:30 in the morning where I do a series of - I put, I get light in my eyes, I take my temperature, I do an hour of exercise, I do 20 minutes of sauna, I do 90 minutes of hyperbaric oxygen therapy, and six minutes of red and near light. And then I have a lot of vegetables, berries, nuts, seeds, extra virgin olive oil.
“I have become the most measured person in human history.”
While a lot of people might want to give it a try (if they could afford it), others have slammed Johnson in the past about the money he spends, and the way he looks now.
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However, Johnson appeared to give a rather philosophical take on the critical comments via his YouTube channel and insisted people would eventually get on board with his efforts.
He said: “None of us have any idea what we are talking about.
“If we all introspect, we all realize that we are not the independent thinkers that we think we are.
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“We do what other people do, we want to be part of the tribe, we don’t want to be ostracized.
“It doesn’t matter at all what anyone says, the only thing that matters is what they do.
“So, it is not even a question of whether this is correct, it is inevitably correct, it is just a matter of are you going to be an early adopter or are you going to be a late adopter.”