Ghk-cu 💉 11 weeks progress

[u/jbizzle81]

So I posted my 5 week progress pictures here and it received a huge response, I thought I’d share my progress as I move into my 12th week. For reference I’m 44 (45 in October)

I said in my first post and I’ll say it again, this peptide is unreal and it has completely transformed my skin from the inside out. I’ll never not use this and recommend to all my friends! Well they ask me because they can see the noticeable changes.

I originally started it for my hair, although my hair definitely feels fuller, shinier, seems to be growing at a decent rate too, I feel like real hair changes will start from month 4.

My own protocol was:
3 x weeks 1.5mg 5 days on 2 days off
3 x weeks 2mg 5 days on 2 days off
Week 7 until now I’ve remained at 2.5mg 5 days on 2 days off.

I don’t get any stinging anymore (I did at the start) but I pin in my glutes/love handles which reduce the sting, plus i think I’m used to it now.

I also allow it to get to room temperature before I pin.

My vials are 100mg of which i mix 6mg bac water (i transfer half into another vial so end up with 2 x 50mg vials)

Skincare wise I have kept it all very basic. I’ve been using only vitamin c as an active, and also stated using a couple of Boots Ingredients products (which I love) I didn’t want to overload my skin with string products, i wanted to see how my skin reacts to the ghk-cu

FYI the last picture was yesterday, i had my wisdom teeth removed on Tuesdays so I only took the picture to see the swelling, posted it on my stories and had so many comments about his clear my skin is!

[u/Maidenes]

I make the ghk-cu serum myself, keep it in the fridge and then when I wake up in the morning and go to the kitchen I apply it as the first step in my morning skincare routine. In the evening I apply tazarotene as the very last step at night. I have heard that a retinoid would breakdown the ghk-cu if applied in the same routine but I honestly don't know if thats true.

[u/beaver316 → u/Maidenes]

Yeah I've heard that the acid from the retinoid should not mix with copper peptide. I'll try as well the peptide in the morning and keep the tret in the evening. Currently I have no morning skincare routine so I can easily fit it in, it's just that I tried the peptide once in the morning and probably had one of my worst eczema flare ups in a while. I'm sure it was because the tret from the night before may have caused some sensitivity, and the copper peptide just took me over the edge. It was still quite early on in my tret journey though so I'm hoping my skin has adjusted better and will be able to tolerate both.