wrinkle reduction

has anyone noticed wrinkle reduction in systemic use of sirolimus?

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  • I hope someone answers this. I cannot as I have not yet tried sirolimus, although I take a combination rapalog. Apocynin didn't work though. Have you noticed wrinkle reduction, Curious (assuming you are on rapamycin)?

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  • I made a 25 molar rapamycin cream. Been using 3 months and see a big difference on the back of my 67 yo hands

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      Paul Beauchemin  Do you have a recipe? This sounds interesting. Did you make it for the skin, or were you also wanting absorption?

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    • Moonlitnight just used this molarity calculator

      https://www.omnicalculator.com/chemistry/Molarity

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      Paul Beauchemin do you use the cream on your face and if so how is that working out for you?

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    • curious yes, face and back of hands

      back of hands has made amazing improvement. Used to pinch the skin for a few seconds and it would stay that way for many minutes. Now it snaps back in a few seconds.

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      Paul Beauchemin  Many thanks!

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      Paul Beauchemin Impressive Paul, how long did you use the rapamycin on your hands before you noticed a difference?

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      Paul Beauchemin I mixed 3mg in 4 ounces. I think it should be 25 micromolar based on Mark Thimineur post.

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    • Fred Cloud between two and three months I started to notice the change visibly.

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      HPaul Beauchemin Thank you so much for replying.  Have you had the same success on face?   Does it just slow aging or does it reverse aging?  Thank you.

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    • curious hard to say about wrinkles

      with back of hand you can do a pinch test for elasticity. pinch the skin for 10 seconds and time how long it takes for skin to snap back to flat. For me skin would stay pinched for over 5 minutes previously. Now it relaxes to flat in about 15 seconds. So I can measure it. I can't measure wrinkles

      Who knows if it stops aging?

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    • Paul Beauchemin That alone is impressive.  I would not think any amount of moisturizer would have a similar effect. 

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      Moonlitnight yes I have been using it for almost 6  months now...amazing results.... here is a post I did with a Doctor who gave me the formula... awesome stuff... Since this post things have continue to improve... it is quite amazing on my face and forhead and neck... the arms It is noticeable but more is needed..

      Hello Mark...I have some questions but wanted to tell you that I have learned alot about your wonderful recommendations for topical treatment of Sirolimus after experimenting with them myself. I feel they work far better then anything out there however unlike you  I was not totally blown away with my success. Then after rereading your post I realized that you did this 2 times a day most of the time. So after trying that it seemed to make things happen a bit quicker. With this treatment you need to have lots patience as it takes time ... I have been doing this since April.. but my under eyes, neck and forehead is 70 to 75% better and most of the time I only did once a day. Now I am trying to 2 times a day for at least 3 or 4 a week. I did add a retinal product which seemed to help as well. I put it on every night after waiting for bit. I did not try your product Adapolene as I called the company and they did not think that it worked at all for getting rid or wrinkles. However it is supposed to be much stronger then regular retinal products so maybe it would work the same way only better? . Also my creepy skin is maybe 25% better on my arms which is huge as I never thought it would work there. Hopefully it continues to improve. A I am wondering if I apply it in greater amounts than maybe it would be significantly above the threshold for optimal results. If you add too much Sirolimus then the results would be nulified.... What do you think about that. Wishing you well and thanks a bunch for sharing your experience with topical Sirolimus ...it is a huge gift you have shared with us!!!! 

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      garland Do you have any before after pictures?

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      garland  in your opinion do you think the sirolimus is reversing your wrinkles or just slowing them down?

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      garland also is the sirolimus helping with deep wrinkles or just fine lines?

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      curious definitely it's getting rid of the wrinkles. Has been one study done on this it only does it get rid of the wrinkles and it also gets rid of the senolytic cells after about after about eight months. Research is pretty amazing actually and the doctor who turned me on to the right mixture has had amazing success with his clients. This is a new ball game I've tried all kinds of things to get rid of the sun damage this does a trick at a very cheap price. To quote the doctor he said he knows a bunch of plastic surgeons Who would be very nervous about how effective this stuff is

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      Fred Cloud Yes.... that is it... the first three months go slowly but 2 times a day makes i faster and some retinol treatments work wonders.... see my post to Dr Mark... I have a bunch of them with Dr Mark... I just posted them there....

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      garland WOW!   Thank you so much for your reply.  Is this the mixture of 3mg in 4oz that was mentioned in the post somewhere?  Just to let you know about the pictures from your cell phone you can send them to an email to yourself and then from the email post them with an attachment.  Again thank you for your reply.

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      garland Work on lower eye bags? 

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      garland did you use the 70percent dmso with 20 aloe?

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       curious  Ok I am taking Arbo Trex Dmso/Aloe Vera cream.... 70/30 with Lavender scent mixed DMSO containing 3 mgs of Sirolimus mixed in Liquid DMSO.  I use a mortar and pistol to grind down the pills and then put them in a text tube with DMSO to thoroughly mix them up. Mixture will be Cloudy with dissolved Sirolimus. Then I mix it into the 4 oz cream.... Then I apply topically to my skin. According to Dr Mark the study on this showed that after 8 month  it removed all the senolytic cells from the skin. I used it sometimes two times a day. And added in the past month or so a Retinol product both of which seemed to make the process go faster. It takes patience with this process but the price per month is only about 35 dollars a month. So it save thousands in plastic surgeon money plus you get rid of old cells. Check out my posts with Dr Mark for more details..... 

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      Michael yes fairly well 70% better I am now using a topical retinol cream to enhance these amazing results even more

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      garland How long does the mixture you've described above last -using twice daily - before needing to make again? Just trying to determine how much you're using during application. Thanks again

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      garland THANK YOU SO MUCH for clarifying.  Your AWSOME!!!

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      garland just curious as to why you chose cream over gel as I have read gel penetrates better and gives greater results?

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      curious I followed what someone else did... an MD Dr Mark.. he has got results so I followed that ...see my other posts in another forum... you will get alot more knowledge...

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      garland THANK YOU.

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      garland I'm curious. The Arbo Trex Dmso/Aloe Vera cream bottle says "sold as a solvent only". Have you had any averse reactions to using this -sans rapamycin? Do you put it under your eyes?

      Thank you!

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      Michael 

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      Michael well you can't put it in your eyes but underneath the eye seems to work fine sometimes it gets a little itchy but a lot of them do that

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      Michael 

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      Michael 

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      Michael remember you can be allergic to anything so you always have to be careful when you first start out

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      garland Thank you, We're you using that before adding rapa? If so, notice any positive effects from just that?

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    • garland Is this what you are using? I note it appears to be capable of taking the Rapamycin into the blood stream, do you think it too much? https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B006SW94SI/ref=ox_sc_act_title_1?smid=A4EGE1YRSP1KL&psc=1

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      Ross Barker Yes I am currently using that cream since the one that i usually get is not available. It seems to working well.. ... here is the link to the one I have been using for the past 7 or 8 months... But the way i can now report that the siromilus topical can visually afffect crepy skin on the inner arms ... maybe to the tune of 40 or 50% improvement. My eyes are much better now that I stopped doing the Retinol treatments.... but I did them for around a month and a half and now my eyes are even better than when I started using it so it definatly helped improve the results of the Topical treatments of Sirolimus. Here is the Cream i used for many months 

       Here is the Cream i used for many months 

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  • does anyone have before and after pictures of face using sirolimus for wrinkle reduction that they could post?

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      curious I have some pictures but I don't really know how to post them on here they're on my cell phone. Besides I am not done with the eight month program yet to clear out the damage and senolytic cells. You'll just have to trust it works I wouldn't be wasting my time posting this if it didn't

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      garland Your Awesome!  Looking forward to your eight month results.  

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      garland Awesome!  Looking forward to your results!  Thank you for sharing!!!

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  • Does anyone have the actual formula to make it? Would this be a good candidate? https://www.dropshipmd.com/buy/rapacan/ -

    Thank YOU!

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      Michael 

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      Michael I dunno how to make 'em but I'm good at talking.   a) Ask someone to send you soil sample from the island Rapa Nui and culture the bacteria in petri dishes.    b) Use the info on Wikipedia to synthesize it.   You can probably find the component enzymes and metabolites from a place that sell them.   You can get lab equipment from them too or some other place.   You may run into issues with them not selling you, similarly to restrictions put on Rapamycin itself.    And all this could be very expensive.

      c) Or if you're lucky you can find a plant, herb, or an animal that has it.

      After you get the pure goods, you may want to go full Breaking Bad.   It may just take a few razor blades (very cheap), and a glass top table or you could be at a lost of how to deliver it into the body effectively without being consumed by the liver or destroyed in the stomach.

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      Michael it is a topical treatment.... you mix it .... check out my posts and you will find where i am talking with Dr Mark in another section on this forum.. check those posts out and you will learn how to mix it and what do do to make this work. it is all there.... This one works awesome but you need patience.. but there are hints how to enhance the effectiveness...

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      garland Thank you. Question: Are you concurrently doing the cream and taking in pill form, per a Dr. Green type of schedule? 

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      Michael see above I just posted how to do it and mix it... 

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      garland Thank you

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      garland Just made it as outlined. Seems like an awful waste of rapa as when mixed in four ounces of Arbo Trex Dmso/Aloe Vera cream (an impossible feat if even distribution is the goal), there's likely to be many more days where application is completely devoid of actual rapa than not.

      After initial mix, I added and diluted one additional rapa tablet into the mix. 

      Mark Thimineur

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    • Michael So you mixed in 4mg into 4 ounces of cream? I know it seems like a weak formula but people are getting results, granted it takes 2-3 months though. Mark points out more is not better and he says just apply it twice a day for faster results. But something still bugs me about it though, it would seem to make more sense having a stronger formula that is applied less often rather than a weak formula more often. But for now, I am using a 3mg per 4 ounce solution and have been for two months.

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      Fred Cloud I only ended up adding another mg as there was unintended loss after transferring the diluted rapa/dmso into the 4 ounces of Arbo Trex Dmso/Aloe Vera cream. The truth is I wasn't expecting it to arrive so quickly and in my excitement, began following your formula with a make-shift, bob-the-builder set-up. Thanks again for providing that formula above.

      I agree with you that less is more- initially for sure. But I also feel much faster results would be obtained with potentially 2 ounces of medium or... something. 

      I did want to ask if you've noticed any difference since you've begun applying it twice a day AND beyond this cream, are you also taking rapa in pill or sublingual, and if so, how much weekly?

       

      Thanks again!

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    • Michael I have been taking 3mg rapa weekly and using the topical rapa for 2 months and I havent noticed a difference yet in my skin. But I am not panicking yet because Paul Beauchemin mentioned he didnt notice changes until 3-4 months.

      Having said that, it has been life changing to me in terms of my health, I feel completely different and feel about 10 years younger in terms of inflammation and overall age of my body.

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      Fred Cloud Right on, brother!

       

      It's been a shitful year for me health-wise (outside of losing tons of weight and bodyfat via massive amounts of light, endurance exercise) with Carcinoma. I'm hoping for a like benefit in the skin arena. I'm giving it 3 months then going full bleph. 

       

      #blephbros

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      Michael  not sure what you mean. I used the DMSO from Heiltropfen from Germany as my medium to absorb the Rapa. I put it into a test tube about one third full and then added the Rapa to it. Remember I first put the Rapa in a motor and pistol and thoroughly ground it up. Then when I put this mixture in the DMSO liquid in the test tube  I then shook it up thoroughly. DMSO is a great absorber of chemicals so it absorbed the Rapa as I could see the mixture get cloudy. I then poured this liquid cloudy mixture into a bowl of the 4 oz DMSO/ALOE cream to mix it up thoroughly. It mixed easily  so I do not feel that this mixture was haphazardly created. I used enough  liquid DMSO mixture to make sure that this product was easy to mix in the Cream DMSO/Aloe.... IS that what you did...

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      garland I appreciate your formula. I ordered the exact same items. I think I probably just didn't use enough Heiltropfen.  Thank you!

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      Michael Yea I used alot of it so it would mix well....

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      Michael You also have to ground up the pills very finely.... makes it easier for the DMSO to absorb it... meaning the liquid DMSO not the Cream..

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      garland Yes. I bought the mortar which made grinding it down extremely easy. I just didn't use enough liquid DMSO before adding to the cream. I appreciate you!

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      Fred Cloud Any update on noticeable differences? Thank you.

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      garland Any update on efectiveness? Thank you

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    • Michael month 3 and not much change, but I did not use dmso. I may add dmso to the mix, it may be needed for deeper dermal layer penetration. Did you start on rapamycin oral or topical?

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      Fred Cloud Thank you, bro.  I started on the cream - nothing yet. I started 3mg a week of the pill and believe some nasty lung / flem stuff happened from the pill so, probably will discontinue use. On a different note I started up the Kaufman protocol - every stinking pill. Loads of energy!

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    • Michael I followed exactly the recipe posted by Mark Thimineur, but I made a double quantity using three 2mg Sirolimus tablets that I ground up with mortar and pestle. The dissolved sirolimus mixed easily but I think a little more DMSO liquid would have been even better. I took baseline measurement with the skin fold test on one hand and took photos of my cheeks and forehead as well as the sagging skin on my upper arms. I've been applying twice a day for 10 days. I stopped all oral sirolimus since it seemed to interfere with healing of a slow healing wound. I will document and post progress, if any, after a few months.

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      chuck stanley Thank you, Sir! I look forward to seeing your results.

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      Fred Cloud My update on this so far is nothing positive - potentially worse as I'm applying in under eye area. Stopped taking rapa - just using rapa cream. 

      I've maintained an excellent diet. OMAD. Cut back on Whiskey (Painful). Practically zero carbs and sweets. Back to at least 1000 calories a day combination treadmill/ walking with light weights. Focusing more on core: heavier-side squats.

      Looks more and more likely a bleph is in my immediate future. 

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  • This is Exciting, I'm ordering some powder off Alibaba and going to try mixing up a Skin cream for my wife, she loves that kind of stuff, might even try some for myself, I saw some info somewhere that NAC N-Acetyl-Cysteine was a big help also for Skin, I thought I would add it, does anybody here have any feeling for that stuff?
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  • Sorry. I confused Fred with Garland. lol Oh, what a day!

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  • I can't play chess to save my life today, either.

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  • I just ran across this article by the rapamycin guru blagosklonny trying to patent topical rapa back in 2007, clearly ahead of his time, its an interesting read so I thought I would pass it on.

     

    Rapamycin for the aging skin

    Mikhail V. Blagosklonny

    In 2007, I filed a patent application claiming that topical rapamycin (e.g., in the form of a cream or ointment) https://patents.google.com/patent/WO2008022256A2/en could be used to prevent and treat skin aging. Potential indications include various types of age-related spots, wrinkles, photo-aged skin, and other age-related skin conditions. The patent was not granted, nor were cosmetic companies interested in pursuing this avenue of product development. Cell senescence has traditionally been seen as growth arrest. It seemed weird that rapamycin, a drug that inhibits growth, could inhibit cellular senescence. Nonetheless, it works because, actually, senescence is a continuation of growth when true growth is impossible [1]; in other words, senescence is “twisted” growth [2]. In an exciting ‘twist’, these claims were recently confirmed in a clinical trial by Chung et al. [3], which I will discuss later.

    Even in 2007, the idea of using rapamycin topically was not novel [4,5]. (What was novel in my application was the idea of using topical rapamycin as an anti-aging drug for the aging skin [1]). By now, there have been dozens of papers describing the therapeutic use of rapamycin (Sirolimus) in patients with such skin diseases as lymphatic malformations, vascular anomalies, Facial Angiofibroma and psoriasis [613]. These diseases were treated in children and young adults. In one study, topical rapamycin at low doses (0.003-0.015%) decreased facial angiofibromas in young adults. There was no systemic absorption of rapamycin (blood levels were <1.0 ng/mL) [13].

    Returning to cellular senescence, signaling in the mTOR (Target of Rapamycin) pathway drives growth of cellular mass and sustains cell cycle progression. Cells grow and divide, balancing growth. But when the cell cycle is suddenly blocked by p16 or p21, mTOR drives growth-like conversion from reversible arrest (quiescence) to senescence [2,14]. In short, mTOR drives geroconversion [15]. Rapamycin and its analogs, as well as pan-mTOR inhibitors, suppress geroconversion, thereby maintaining cells in a young healthy state. Moreover, these drugs prevent loss of cells’ proliferative potential, which is considered a strict definition of senescence [2,15]. Geroconversion in stem cells leads to stem cells depletion [16,17]. mTOR-driven hypertrophy can be followed by atrophy at the end stages. Cellular hyperfunction eventually leads to cellular exhaustion and secondary functional decline [1].

    Suppression of cellular senescence by rapamycin was demonstrated in numerous studies both in vivo and in vitro [1830] and see for references [15]. In vitro, rapamycin slows conversion to senescence by approximately 3-fold [14]; it does not suppress it completely. Notably in that regard, in the most rapamycin-responsive mouse model of mitochondrial disease, rapamycin extends the maximum life span by nearly 3-fold [31].

    Just as in vitro geroconversion is a continuation of growth, organismal aging is an unintended and harmful continuation of developmental growth post-development [1,32]. These messy quasi-programs inevitably lead to age-related diseases, which include conditions ranging from obesity, cancer and Alzheimer’s disease to skin spots, wrinkles and seborrheic keratoses. mTOR drives geroconversion, increasing cellular functionality (e.g., the senescence-associated secretory phenotype). It is noteworthy that this increase in cellular activity can cause secondary exhaustion, tissue damage and decreased of organ function; for example, hypertrophy may be followed by atrophy at later stages. In other words, age-related diseases and conditions initially caused by mTOR-driven hyperfunction eventually lead to organ damage and functional decline [1,33]. Similar quasi-programs were described even in the worm [3436]. In sum, aging is an unintentional and harmful continuation of developmental programs, driven in part by mTOR. To be clear, mTOR activity does not need to increase with age, just keeping it at a level as high as during development is sufficient to cause disease. Despite its simplicity, this model accurately predicts that rapamycin will extend life and delay diseases. Indeed, since initial publications [18,3739], numerous studies have confirmed that rapamycin extends lifespan in mice (see for references [4044]).

    In that context, it is predictable that rapamycin would slow skin aging. However, unless rapamycin reverses skin aging, not merely slow it, the effect would be difficult to document. This is because a patient cannot serve as a self-control (placebo control) unless rapamycin reverses aging, which would be easy to detect. This difficulty can be overcome, however, by comparing an untreated hand with a hand treated with topically applied rapamycin in the same subject. This is the approach taken by Chung et al. in their study, which found that treatment with rapamycin-containing cream improved skin photoaging and skin tone, decreased fine wrinkles, increased dermal volume, and reduced sagging of the skin [3]. These differences between treated and untreated hands were detectable after 4 months of the treatment [3]. Regrettably, the study excluded patients with diabetes, although the therapeutic effect would probably be more significant in diabetic patients, given that mTOR is overactivated in that disease. In addition, it is unclear whether rapamycin reversed skin aging and improved the skin or merely slowed the progression of skin aging. In the latter scenario, the difference between the treated and untreated hands is due to the progression of aging in the untreated hands. In combination with placebo/treatment, comparisons of specific abnormalities before and after treatment is also needed. Despite these open questions the study is remarkable [3].

    As a cosmetic, rapamycin-containing cream may be applied to selected areas, like the hands and face, especially skin affected by age-related spots and pathologies. It should not be applied to the entire skin surface of the body. To affect the entire skin surface, systemic use of rapamycin would likely be a better option, as many manifestations of skin aging are probably due to systemic organismal aging and disease; skin aging is not an exclusively local process. And most importantly, systemic rapamycin use increases lifespan and decreases disease. This by itself is so important that solely topical use of rapamycin may seem insufficient. On the other hand, topical application of any drug is safer than systemic administration. Still, the best strategy in some cases may be simultaneous systemic and topical use of rapamycin in selected areas of the skin, especially areas where there are signs of aging marks. However, given that most doctors are fearful of systemic treatment with rapamycin [45], I expect that it will be topical use of rapamycin that becomes widespread, if regulatory hurdles can be overcome. Whether rapamycin cream should be a prescription treatment or an over-the-counter cosmetic will likely be a matter of debate.

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  • And here's a link to Rapamycin for Aging Skin article (plus I attached the pdf version):

    https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6949048/

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      David H garland Fred Cloud What do I need to know about Rapacan vis-à-vis it's place in the rapamycin hierarchy?  Specifically, 1mg tablets. Thank you!

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  • I  Just  mixed this up,  near  as I  could measure  I  used  .0002 G  of Rapamycin  powder with  48 Grams of Cream,  Please could  somebody   comment on  my  Math?   it  seems such  a  little  bit, if  I  would  take 6mg/week internally,  how could  2mg topically over  3  months   be  sufficient  for  any  real benefit?   Did  I  miss something? I'm  tempted to  increase the  dose  10x  for  a start? Paul,  please where did  you  find  the original  concentration?  @Garland I  can't  find  your conversation  with  this  Dr  Mark

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    • @Ross Barker  Your math is off

      48 grams equals 1.69315 ounces, not 4 ounces

      .0002g is .2mg not 2mg.

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    • Fred Cloud The  first  was  a  typo,  the  bottle states  1.7  oz 48  Grams,  likewise I  added  too  many  "0"s I  Better  edit  my  original  post  OOOO,  it won't allow  me  to  Edit  it, I  added .002 G  Rapa powder to  48  G of Cream or  1.7oz,  I  can't  find  where I  said  4 oz. 

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    • Ross Barker You didnt say 4 ounces. I thought you were using Dr Mark Thimineur 25 micromolar formula of 3mg in 4 ounces cream that he discussed. Where did you get 1.7 ounce formula?

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    • Fred Cloud I took  garland s  interpretation  above  for 4 oz of cream  and  cut it in  half  as I  only had  a 1.7  oz tub  of cream, Look  back  to  2 months ago, he  referenced Dr  Mark who's posts  I cannot find.

      I  did find   Mikhail V. Blagosklonny Study which  calls for  Much much more  Rapa  (.72  Gram) and  this  Seems  so  little bit I  put in  this  cream,  I'm  wondering  if  this  Dr Mark  formula  is perhaps  erroring on  the  side  of either  caution,  economy  or both. 

      I bought 12 Grams  of  Rapa for  this  and used .002 Gram,  it seems so  slight,  I  guess I'm  looking  for somebody  to  agree with  me so I  can  put  more  in..  

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      Ross Barker I thought the same thing that the formula was light but Dr Mark quoted a study that showed hair loss at concentrations higher than 17 micromolar. You want autophagy in the skin but you dont want to inhibit mtor too much as there wont be growth and your hair will die and create skin ulcers. Read his posts.

       

      From Dr. Mark

      "Just wanted to comment on the topical cream. The concentration of 20mg in 4 ounces will be around 1.8 micro molar (approximate). The recent study of topical rapamycin which found significant benefit for senescent clearing and improved appearance etc used a 0.1 micromolar concentration (approximate). Studies on hair (fur) growth in mice using topical found effectiveness at 0.1 - 1.7 micromolar concentrations. At concentrations above this there was mention of non-healing wounds. Just wanted you to be aware that there may be some unwanted effects at higher concentrations. Reading through the literature I believe what you want to do is influence autophagy more so than inhibit growth. In cell cultures they use about 0.2 micromolar concentrations to influence autophagy. I've been using this concentration (approximate) for a topical (2mg in 4 Oz) for a while and see some marked improvements and feel safe in doing so. You may be fine with the 10X higher concentration but sometimes to much may not be as good. "

      https://forum.age-reversal.net/t/63j272?r=k9vdnn

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    • Fred Cloud Well, I  did a  little more research with  this Video, an Australian study doing research  on  Children they used a 0.1%  Mixture  and a 1%  Mixture the later  being almost exactly  what  I mixed  this morning, it  was half way  between Mikhail's Weak and strong mix, so I will  keep  it  and mix  a  weak  one  as  well

      https://youtu.be/Q7Li0A6KPYg

      Does  anybody know what this  Cream  is Recommended  above?

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  • From  Mikhail V. Blagosklonny Study

    Even in 2007, the idea of using rapamycin topically was not novel [4,5]. (What was novel in my application was the idea of using topical rapamycin as an anti-aging drug for the aging skin [1]). By now, there have been dozens of papers describing the therapeutic use of rapamycin (Sirolimus) in patients with such skin diseases as lymphatic malformations, vascular anomalies, Facial Angiofibroma and psoriasis [613]. These diseases were treated in children and young adults. In one study, topical rapamycin at low doses (0.003-0.015%) decreased facial angiofibromas in young adults. There was no systemic absorption of rapamycin (blood levels were <1.0 ng/mL) [13].

     

    This works  out  to  a maximum of .72G  of Rapa or 720 mg for the  small 1.7oz 48G bottle  of Cream  I  bought

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  • put 5 IUs of bleach on your face then report back 

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  • Hi, everyone! This forum has been quiet for long time.  any updates on wrinkle reduction self experiments?  I started about one and half month ago, and I think it is working, not significant yet though.  For those who completed 4 month/8 month trials, please share your results, good or bad.

    Thanks!

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    • Qimin You I too have recently started and stumbled upon this page and disappointed to see no updates.

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  • More good news on my update... It has been over a year and few months for me.. and the eyes are about 80% better most of the deep wrinkles are now fine at worst and the left eye is almost gone. I am now doing some Retin A from Life Extension. Seems to be helping slightly,. Remember I did mostly one time a day so should have gotten better results had I done 2 a day. Forehead is 80% healed and neck the same way... the sun damage is mostly gone. Which is huge. I look according to many others 15 years younger as my skin glows and shape of my face has changed. But the most amazing thing was the changes in my creepy skin on the upper arms has reduced by over 70% and my arm is clear up til the underarm area. So this is huge as no one thought it would work on the creepy skin especially as it was very pronounced on my upper arms. That is mostly gone now...it take a long time to see any results. I am now at 15 or more months but it seems to get better and better. I also am doing Senyletics on a regular basis so that might be a factor (once a  month or so...22 mgs of life extension Fisetin which has been modified to be more absorbed as well as Dasatinib 100 mgs and Quercetin for 3 straight days) ....try 2 times a day for the cream as it might happen quicker. 

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      garland Do you have any before and after photos?

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  • Thanks Garland!

    I have been doing this for almost 2 months.  It seems working on the wrinkles, but not significant yet.  I use Retin A + rapa as you suggested earlier.

    I will keep doing for at least a year to see the results.

    Thank you again!

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  • My impression of the effect of topical rapamycin on my skin is that it is effective but superficial. The elasticity of skin on the back of my hand is greatly improved from a snap back time of 4 minutes or so to several seconds. There is no improvement in facial wrinkles, however, which are getting worse despite using the formulation daily. I wonder if there is a formulation which provides greater penetration to the dermis than does the DMSO cream. There have been studies around this but I have not seen a formula which could be safely adapted and used by us. 

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  • After screwing around with a multitude of supplements, exercise protocols and exogenous gh/testosterone combinations to impact aesthetics, I bit the bullet and went the route of a very minor plastic surgery protocol. Guess what? I'm throwing out about 100 bottles and containers of pills and creams of useless shit on Sunday. GOOD LUCK my little, green, longevity FRIENDS!

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    • Michael plastic surgery will not make you younger, perhaps if u look younger it is enough for you? Old and dead is the same no mater how you look

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      Michael Funny I was going to write you and suggest that you try out the laser so glad you founds something that worked.  Did you try the laser? Or what worked for you.... I did the laser a few years back seemed to help as well... might get of  the last bit of wrinkles that I do have...

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      Ross Barker Very True :)

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      garland Bleph. I'm open to the laser in the future though.

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      garland I actually did the bleph because my upper eye bags were so bad they kept weighing down on my eyes and making me feel tired during the middle of the day.  Too much good LIVING! But, I also opted for the lower figuring - what the heck - may as well. 

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      Michael Glad it worked cause you were very frustrated with the slow boat to china approach with the Siromilus cream....I may look into the laser to help get rid of the rest of the wrinkles that are under my eyes...it supposed to last a long time.... i will keep the siromilus though for long term and getting rid of aged cells.....

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      garland Sounds like a plan.

       I guess chemical peels work well too. Who knows.

      Time for a beer!

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    • Michael True, there is no substitute for well-done plastic surgery.  The longer one waits to correct wrinkles and facial sag, the more intensive plastic surgery is required (think deep plane).  I've researched it extensively, but haven't opted yet.  I've begun fraxel laser treatment.  Just completed first of the five treatments.  BTW, it has pretty much taken the place of chemical peels.  

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      Dorian Gray Missed your response - sorry about that.

      Given the past 4 months, how do you like the results of the fraxel treatments?

      Thank you

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    • Michael It eliminated or lightened considerably some of the dark spots on my hands and face.  Diminished some of the finer wrinkles, but mild effect on the deeper ones.  No one at work said I looked younger, but rather skin looked good, "fresher".  However, it noticeably improved texture and color and that does add an element of youthfulness to the eye's interpretation.  Just not dramatic by any means.  I spent a lot of time in the sun living in Southern California nearly all my life.  Next month I go in for a final picoway laser to further eliminate a couple spots.  There were two types of treatment, different wavelengths (1550 vs 1927) one to treat pigmentation the other for collagen generation.  Even though I wouldn't call it a vast improvement, I would do it again.  

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      • Michael
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      Dorian Gray Thank you

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  • Yes good point Ross.... The good thing about the cream is that it does get rid of  most senelytic cells according to the research study..... so it has profound anti aging effects as well as cosmetic purposes. For me it got rid of 80 % of my wrinkles under my eyes.... and more than 60& of my crepey skin under my arms....plus it gets rid of aged cells..... and it is cheap..

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      garland Is this still working for you? Have the results become more noticeable?

      Thank you

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      Michael  yes but the most amazing thing is that the results seem to be mostly permutant. ... It is not perfect but everyone I have talked with who knew me before says i look 15 years younger and my skin is radically different. I have been to doctors who specialize is lasers etc...who have known me before I started this. I have been taking a break from the treatments for the past month.. I do put several other products on my face and eyes as well... Including Hyaluronic Acid. which seems to help make the results more permanent. Remember that makes this unique is that the treatments get rid of senolytic cells which other treatment modalities do not do...

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      garland Good to hear. Thank you

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  • The comments above about skin elasticity caught my attention. I haven't used the sirolimus lotion yet. I have completed about 4 months of daily collagen peptides (in a morning coffee) plus daily hyaluronic acid pills and vitamin C in the form of 1 or 2 lemons. (Sometimes I'm just making chicken bone broth instead of the collagen peptide powder, but it's mostly the powder). Alas I've also found the more expensive hyaluronic acid pills (higher molecular weight) do indeed seem to make more difference and annoy my stomach less.

    Jury is still out on fine lines, I'm taking regular photos in controlled light and will report on that. What I can say though is that my skin elasticity has improved.

    I'm 50 and was starting to get some sag, and pinch test on the hand would take a few seconds to revert. Now the skin on my hand reverts instantly, so there is improvement. (Also I have less sag under the chin but that could be down to fixing my metabolism this year and no longer having high insulin, water retention and all that jazz; material for another post)

    I find this very heartening, as connective tissues are also supposed to benefit. Off topic I have noticed that just a week after starting collagen peptides my hip joint (post injury) stopped aching. Others online mention positive things about joint pain too. 

    My one concern about collagen peptides is whether this is triggering mTOR as a high protein diet would. On the bright side my particular supplement has low levels of Methionine, which might help there.

    Anyhow, I post the one year difference photo below and you be the judge. Skin sag under chin gone, lines around eyes maybe a little, not sure. But there is also 18kg weight loss between photos, it's been a busy year and difficult to tease out cause and effect.

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      Jack Black Nice progress!

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  • Jack Black Looks like you've lost weight which also helps

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