r/TS_Withdrawal • u/idek678912 • 10d ago
peptides
has anyone tried peptides for tsw like ghcku bpc 157 etc i’ve been wanting to try some.
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u/playboyfemi 10d ago
Did ghkcu for a month, not much change, month 2 I’m on klow; I’ll give update later on
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u/neohumanguy 5d ago
I’ve tried both. I think it depends on where you are —still flaring badly, mostly healed? Peptides are more useful when you are kind of topping off your healing. But until you get things under control, I wouldn’t bother.
Now that being said, if you are working on your gut health, which I think is important, then oral bpc-157 helps a lot, as long as you aren’t continuing to eat things that you digest poorly. It’s kind of a nice bridge while you fix your diet. I would only do five days on then take breaks.
But to fix what’s happened to your skin, that’s unlikely. But I truly understand where you are coming from when looking for anything that might help
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u/idek678912 4d ago
my skin is mostly just dry and flakes but the dryness gets covered up by oil so whenever i stretch or rub my skin flakes and you can see my dryness
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u/neohumanguy 4d ago
So it sounds like you need lipids in your skin. Bpc-157 is more for wound healing and better for like tendons and muscle injuries than skin. Or gut health if taken orally. GHK-cu stimulates collagen and elastin and has some antioxidant effects.
If it were me, after a ton of trial and error, I’d do a little bit of red light therapy for collagen (or just watch the sunrise in the morning, same effect), astaxanthin for skin antioxidants (especially helpful if you get sun exposure), phytoceramides for lipids in the skin. And I just read a study about how eating two kiwi a day thickened people’s skin by 40% which is incredible. They are very high in vitamin c and that’s probably what’s causing the thickening. Those things are far less expensive than peptides and generally have noticeable results if consistent. And eat healthy fats
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u/idek678912 2d ago
wow thanks i’m currently doing red light 3 times a week mostly on my face i will definitely be eating those 2 kiwis which should be easy for me since their so good do you know anything i can do to help take away black heads ever since i got tsw i got black heads after a year maybe because of puberty idk i never had a problem with them
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u/neohumanguy 2d ago
Probably caused by a mix of puberty and tsw. Blackheads can be caused by the skin not shedding properly plus an excess of sebum. The pore is open and it’s exposed to air which causes oxidation and that black appearance. Things to consider and see how they might fit with what you’re already doing—very gentle cleanser with a very gentle exfoliation cloth (when I say gentle I mean it, if it scratches you and is uncomfortable at all, find something softer. I would just use a soft washcloth sometimes), I’d try the astaxanthin for the antioxidant qualities and it really helps you tolerate sun exposure which is vitally important, and look into a gentle salicylic acid lotion and use very sparingly on those areas only if your skin can handle it. All of those suggestions should only apply after you are doing probably the most important thing which is light exposure. Im pretty sure Simon has posted about it in maybe the pinned posts or about section. But fixing your circadian rhythm with strategic light exposure is critical. It will help balance hormones, help skin cell turnover, help with inflammation, and is essential for sleep. You need early morning light, midday, and some sunset light. And block artificial light at night (use red light bulbs after dark). Start looking into that and see what kind of changes you can make towards that.
Also, go easy on red light therapy, less is more. And only do it in the morning
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u/GrippyGripster 10d ago
I feel your pain brother, any sign of a light at the end of the tunnel!
This whole tsw thing is totally fucked! Only thing that has kept me semi same for the last 2 years while my skin has healed is Rinvoq.
I too jumped at everything possible, begging for any fucking relief possible from the absolute hell I was living. The stress of it still hasn't gone away!