Bryan JohnsonFounder of Blueprint and Don't Die

Project Babyface 👶 : autologous fat transfer. What do you think? Is it working?

5 Aug 2023 · 1 min

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In this video, Bryan Johnson visits a partner medical clinic to provide an update on his ongoing "Project Baby Face" initiative, which aims to restore facial volume lost due to his extreme caloric restriction diet. Because he lacks sufficient body fat for an autologous transfer, a donor’s fat is used. Johnson recounts a prior procedure that triggered a severe allergic reaction—significant swelling that lasted five days— and explains that he has pre‑treated with antihistamines for 48 hours to mitigate swelling this time. The clinic routinely captures baseline photographs from multiple angles to quantify facial volume. He presents a 90‑day post‑procedure check‑in, showing a modest increase in facial volume compared with the baseline taken three months earlier, and notes that additional volume gains may continue over the next six to twelve months.

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Today we are at one of our partners clinics working on Project Baby Face. I've been trying to restore volume to my face from my caloric restriction diet. We're going to use a fat transfer. Typically you can use your own body fat. In my case, I don't have any fat in my body to do it. So I have fat from a donor. I did this one time and I had a severe allergic reaction. My face was so blown up, it was if I was stung by a bee. I could barely see out of my eyes. It lasted about five days. I looked like a different human. It was amazing. This time I've taken antihistamines for 48 hours now. I expect less swelling, but still I suspect I'll be swollen quite a bit. Every time I come to this medical clinic and we work on Project Baby Face, we get pictures because we always want baseline measurements and then to track progress. So we get a few angles on my face and we can look at the volume. And this is one of several measurements we do to look at facial volume. Here you can see I have a bit more volume. I believe this was taken about three months ago. So this is our 90 day check in the effects of what we've done. Take about six to 12 months, so there's still some more volume that we could gain.