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Injecting GHK-Cu for better facial skin might be total cope....... Lets talk about it
The most talked about human studies showing smoother skin, fewer wrinkles, and thicker skin were done using creams. Not from injecting it.
So when studies say GHK-CU can improve your skin.... they’re talking about topical use.
I think pinning it got hyped because people assume a needle must be stronger. It feels more serious. More extreme. Like it has to work better somehow.
But there aren’t large human cosmetic studies showing GHK-Cu used that way improves facial skin the way topical creams have been shown to. If anything most data points to effectively injecting GHK-Cu being pretty difficult to do :
I'm not trying to prove that injecting GHK-Cu is totally ineffective, my point is that just assuming something is effective is cope. I don't want to follow something blindly, I want to follow data. And it seems like the data for facial skin improvement isn't there with injecting this peptide.
Topical delivery places it directly where those cells live.
Systemic delivery adds unnecessary complexity if the goal is improving facial skin.
If anyone has data that proves injecting GHK-Cu systemically is better for facial skin than topical use, please share it and lets discuss.
The most talked about human studies showing smoother skin, fewer wrinkles, and thicker skin were done using creams. Not from injecting it.
So when studies say GHK-CU can improve your skin.... they’re talking about topical use.
I think pinning it got hyped because people assume a needle must be stronger. It feels more serious. More extreme. Like it has to work better somehow.
But there aren’t large human cosmetic studies showing GHK-Cu used that way improves facial skin the way topical creams have been shown to. If anything most data points to effectively injecting GHK-Cu being pretty difficult to do :
- Once GHK-Cu is dissolved in water, stability becomes time and pH dependent.
- Major lab suppliers recommend not storing these aqueous solutions long term.
- Copper complexes are sensitive to:
- pH
- oxidation
- light
- temperature
I'm not trying to prove that injecting GHK-Cu is totally ineffective, my point is that just assuming something is effective is cope. I don't want to follow something blindly, I want to follow data. And it seems like the data for facial skin improvement isn't there with injecting this peptide.
TDLR
GHK-Cu is biologically active in skin cells.Topical delivery places it directly where those cells live.
Systemic delivery adds unnecessary complexity if the goal is improving facial skin.
If anyone has data that proves injecting GHK-Cu systemically is better for facial skin than topical use, please share it and lets discuss.
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