Summary
Dave Asprey reveals the real reasons your face ages faster than it should and what to do about it. Covers facial aging factors beyond just skincare.
Key Points
- Factors accelerating facial aging
- Beyond skincare - structural considerations
- Collagen and skin health
- Light therapy for skin
- Lifestyle factors affecting facial aging
- Anti-aging protocols for the face
Key Moments
BPC-157 limited to gut healing versus whole body repair
Dave Asprey and guest discuss how BPC-157, the famous healing peptide, is primarily effective for gut healing but may not benefit skin or deeper tissues compared to copper peptide GHK.
"But if you're talking about the whole body or skin being the largest organ in humans, it needs a lot more than just BPC-157. I don't think BPC-157 has any effect on skin at all."
Collagen contains the tripeptide that drives GHK copper
Asprey explains how the copper tripeptide GHK, found as a fragment inside collagen, is a key signaling molecule for tissue repair and skin regeneration that declines with age.
"And this was sort of at the front and center of the collagen movement that I hope to start with bulletproof here because there is a tripeptide, which means three molecules stuck together that's inside collagen, but then there's But then there's this copper GHK thing that is now in all of the skincare serums."
