Bryan JohnsonFounder of Blueprint and Don't Die

Project Babyface is one of the most painful parts of my Blueprint protocol

19 Aug 2023 · 0 min

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In this YouTube video, Bryan Johnson records a live session of his anti‑aging Blueprint protocol, focusing on the "Project Babyface" component. He sits in a clinic while a practitioner injects his own facial fat to restore volume lost from his long‑term caloric‑restriction lifestyle. Bryan describes the injection as one of the most painful procedures he endures, emphasizing his effort to stay mentally tough and even using a stress ball to cope with the discomfort. The clip captures the procedural dialogue, the practitioner’s actions, and Bryan’s candid reflections on why this painful step is essential for maintaining youthful facial structure as part of his broader longevity strategy.

There.
We go. This is what I'm going to have injected in my face today. This is fat.
Do.
You have a stress ball?
Yep.
This is one of the most painful things I do. I'm trying my very hardest to be tough.
That's his ankle artery right there. Thank you.
We're all finished up. That is really, really painful. Facial volume is a really interesting problem of you're optimizing for trying to slow your speed of aging. There's so many puzzle pieces to solve for. One is you reduce your calories but then that causes volume loss in the face and you have to reconstitute it with these different things. So it's a really tricky thing to do all around. Even though these things are extremely painful, I do love every minute of it. I love trying to solve it in all the different ways of being on caloric friction plus restoring facial volume. It's a fun puzzle to solve.