Skin growth/thickening

[IloveTHIS]

So I was just watching The Rock vs Cena in an old wrestlemania and admiring how chemical enhancement has turned both of them into comic book creatures. Especially Rock because he didnt start his metamorphis until his late 30s and has just kept getting boulder sized in his 50s now. Steroids and petides and sarms can make your muscles and bones bigger. tendons too. but I wonder if any have had the side effect of making your skin thicker/denser? how long until some fighters are "mysteriously" impossible to cut or bruise? it would be an EXTREMELY advantageous bonus.

 

[Brampton_Boy]

AAS will make you look older: via accelerate skin aging.
It makes collagen growth abnormal; look at most dudes running gear, they tend to look older.
Dry, wrinkly, thickened skin.
That's a cosmetic more benign affect, depending on the long term risk depends on dosage & duration, & how your body responds.
Can get on TRT in long haul, but yeah... many sides depending on context/dosage/type & how your body reacts.

I have had the exact opposite experience using anabolics (although I recognize that I am probably an outlier). For me, using steroids, particularly heavy androgens, made my sebum production (skin oil) go through the roof - my face has a perpetual shine, and I am constantly using blotting papers to absorb the excess oil. While inconvenient, the net benefit is that I have no wrinkles and look as young as I ever have. I am about to turn 40, and people routinely say how young I look for my age.

 

[DougieJones]

 

[Bob Gray]

I have had the exact opposite experience using anabolics (although I recognize that I am probably an outlier). For me, using steroids, particularly heavy androgens, made my sebum production (skin oil) go through the roof - my face has a perpetual shine, and I am constantly using blotting papers to absorb the excess oil. While inconvenient, the net benefit is that I have no wrinkles and look as young as I ever have. I am about to turn 40, and people routinely say how young I look for my age.

Jesus Christ, your face is constantly leaking oil? I hope it made your dick huge, at least.

 

[Kowboy On Sherdog]

Worth it

 

[mjmj]

Some of you take things a little too litterally. This is like the people that think “roid gut” is due to enlarged organs.

 

[-Magua-]

Worth it

I agree & his brand & window as Arnold 2.0, he’s making most of it.
Big fan.
Still has more street miles on his face than he would if not on simple TRT.
I reckon he blasts & cruises on more advanced dosages/regimens for bulking/cutting + hgh, but nothing like tren, etc.

Well worth it in his case & also what aims are, as long as monitor those markers & know possible consequences.
Prolly not that much in his case.
With his genetics & self care detail... still shows up, in his grill.

 

[KeepingItReal]

So I was just watching The Rock vs Cena in an old wrestlemania and admiring how chemical enhancement has turned both of them into comic book creatures. Especially Rock because he didnt start his metamorphis until his late 30s and has just kept getting boulder sized in his 50s now. Steroids and petides and sarms can make your muscles and bones bigger. tendons too. but I wonder if any have had the side effect of making your skin thicker/denser? how long until some fighters are "mysteriously" impossible to cut or bruise? it would be an EXTREMELY advantageous bonus.

You're already thick enough brother, don't worry.

Spoiler

No homo!

 

[Sano]

I agree & his brand & window as Arnold 2.0, he’s making most of it.
Big fan.
Still has more street miles on his face than he would if not on simple TRT.
I reckon he blasts & cruises on more advanced dosages/regimens for bulking/cutting + hgh, but nothing like tren, etc.

Well worth it in his case & also what aims are, as long as monitor those markers & know possible consequences.
Prolly not that much in his case.
With his genetics & self care detail... still shows up, in his grill.

Most gear users look way dried out and older in the face than their peers.

 

[jx820]

I wonder if any have had the side effect of making your skin thicker/denser? how long until some fighters are "mysteriously" impossible to cut or bruise? it would be an EXTREMELY advantageous bonus.

I'm not aware of any drug that will make your skin tougher, but I do know there is a treatment to shave down the brow bone for guys that cut easily.

As I recall Nick Diaz had some scar tissue removed from his brow and had the bone softened after the Noons fight because his eyebrows were basically ziplock at that point.

 

[biscuitsbrah]

I have had the exact opposite experience using anabolics (although I recognize that I am probably an outlier). For me, using steroids, particularly heavy androgens, made my sebum production (skin oil) go through the roof - my face has a perpetual shine, and I am constantly using blotting papers to absorb the excess oil. While inconvenient, the net benefit is that I have no wrinkles and look as young as I ever have. I am about to turn 40, and people routinely say how young I look for my age.

Steroids age you, you just have good genetics.

In the short term it probably makes you look better, especially stuff celebs take like growth hormone, but in the long run it will make you look older. That’s from steroid abuse though.
I don’t think TRT ages people much

 

[biscuitsbrah]

Most gear users look way dried out and older in the face than their peers.

Yeah your body looks younger but face ages

 

[LEWIS540]

Steroids age you, you just have good genetics.

In the short term it probably makes you look better, especially stuff celebs take like growth hormone, but in the long run it will make you look older. That’s from steroid abuse though.
I don’t think TRT ages people much

.....or people are just being polite.

Every-time there's a thread like 'Do you look your age?', 80% of the replies are "I''m 47 but people tell me I look 23!!!!!"

 

[AFanNotAFighter]

Pro bodybuilders have looked like comic book characters since the 90s. Lee Haney was probably the last that looked somewhat human.

 

[NoSmilez]

You can't really tell with celebs. They get botox and other procedures. Usually using anabolic steroids ages you. Young people tend to look older but older people tend to look better for their age.

 

[William Huggins]

There's so many different types and combinations you just need to get the right blend of compounds......

 

[Uber_Noober]