Androgens cause to age faster?

[tiger88]

ok i was reading some post from a few days and fonz said "Androgens in case anybody is asking make you age faster"


can some one give me some info on if this is true and why it happens? thank you for reading my thread.

 

[Generic MALE]

I believe this. I am 42 and started AS at 39, upon prescription from a medical doctor. But it was ahealthy dose of AS. WHen I was 38, prior to beginning AS people frequently remarked at how young I looked, often not believing I was even in my 30's. Within weeks of beginning AS my hairline shot back - not bald, but receding. My face now has deep grooves on my forehead and around my eyes, and my hair has grayed. A secretary who has known me for years remarked a few months ago how much I have aged in just the past year or two.

It is fairly well known that many AS can cause tendon ruptures because AS causes cross links in the collagen forming tendons. Facial wrinkles are caused by the exact same damage to collagen - so its not inconceivable that AS causes wrinkles. They have a new light therapy to increase collagen in the face - a non surgical facelift - I have wondered if AS use while doing the light therapy might just exacerbate the problem by causing a rapid aceleration of cross linked (crinkled) collagen.
I wish I had never done anabolics.

 

[chordz]

How much anabolics did you do?

 

[glennds]

boy generic, what a depressing post, and what a tactless remark by that secretary. (if she was such a genius she wouldn't be a secretary anyways).

unfortunately we do age as we hit 40. but aging does not automatically equate looking bad, especially for a man. so what if you have gray hair, or some wrinkles. if you keep yourself in shape and are successful and happy, that should not bother you.

are you sure it was caused by your AS use? i am not sure i buy this if you were not going overboard with the drugs. what exactly were you using? are you sleeping well? have you been stressed? do you smoke and/or drink?

i have read that the magazines often airbrush pics of the pros due to accelerated aging from heavy roid use. most of us will never do those outrageous stacks though.

 

[canadianhitman]

Are you sure that the wrinkles were caused by AS use in the sense that it accelerated the aging process, or is it possible that a reduction in bodyfat caused you to lose subdermal fat on your face, causing existing wrinkles to look deeper?

 

[tiger88]

stress and sun will do some damage as well.....bump for more repsonses

 

[ceo]

I am 31, and people tell me I look 25. When I was 21, people told me I looked 30. I guess I am like a fine wine...I just get better and better with age.

 

[tiger88]

I am 31, and people tell me I look 25. When I was 21, people told me I looked 30. I guess I am like a fine wine...I just get better and better with age.

see thats me....i am young and ppl say i look 10 years older. i have a full head of hair and all.

 

[RADAR]

nope!!! I don't buy it!!!!! I'm going on 52 in Dec and people say i look to be in my early forties...now i have some schoolmate i havn't seen in a while & even some customers who look like thay have ages 20 yrs...its all how you take care of yourself & genetics.
No grey hair as of yet!!!!!


RADAR

 

[ceo]

well, I have some grey hairs...but my dad greyed early, as did my brothers. All have good full hair though. Although mine is probably the thinnest of my brothers (I attribute it largely to the amount of stress I always seem to be under).