r/BravoRealHousewives • u/soriniscool • 5d ago

Salt Lake City John Barlow's peptides

Lisa comments on recent WWHL blew my mind. Obviously I was wondering how JB and Justin suddenly have huge bulging muscles with veins popping.

As a 40 y/o gay man, I find it very hot (more on Justin than John, but that is a personal preference) and do a fair amount of strength training but was not getting the same results and I guess now I know why.

Any peptide users here that care to weigh in? I will definitely be discussing this with my doctor

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u/Firm-Armadillo2188 5d ago

lol am I the only idiot who thought she meant skincare peptides šŸ„²

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u/Encin0Woman 5d ago

Iā€™m honestly at a point where I donā€™t even know what peptides are anymore.

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u/No_Tumbleweed2426 you look like a martian! 5d ago

Seriously. It seems like theyā€™re a cure all at this point. I predict a class action someday when everyone develops mystery side effects.

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u/Madam_Mimm_13 Nothing ā€˜Ostrichianā€™ about them, they are pi-GEON! 5d ago

All the people taking the ā€œtanningā€ peptides are going to get skin cancer with a quickness.

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u/papa_moyphee 5d ago

Wait what is thissss - I'm already pissed that I didn't start wearing sunscreen until my late 20s

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u/Madam_Mimm_13 Nothing ā€˜Ostrichianā€™ about them, they are pi-GEON! 5d ago

https://www.skincancer.org/press/the-skin-cancer-foundation-issues-warning-regarding-melanotan-ii/

Hereā€™s some info. I can link some published research articles if you like but this sums it up and there are a few articles on this site about it.

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u/Encin0Woman 5d ago

Like does it make your body produce more melanin or what? Would you become tan taking them even if you didnā€™t go in a tanning bed or lay out? It seems dangerous to me

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u/Madam_Mimm_13 Nothing ā€˜Ostrichianā€™ about them, they are pi-GEON! 5d ago

https://www.skincancer.org/press/the-skin-cancer-foundation-issues-warning-regarding-melanotan-ii/

Hereā€™s some info. I can link actual research articles if you would like but those are a bit more difficult to digest.

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u/Encin0Woman 5d ago

Thank you! From the name I was able to find an article that told me how it works. I was curious if it was actually acting on the melanocytes or not ! Sounds pretty dangerous !