Wrinkles

[Growth&Courage]

Yes. Completely. The more androgenic the AAS, the greater the propensity for it to cause wrinkles.

There is only really a couple of ways to combat early on-set of wrinkles induced by AAS.

1. GH (As you stated). But as soon as you stop it and start AAS, the
wrinkles will come back.
2.The usual cosmetic surgery things.(There are so many these days, I've lost
count)

AND,

tretinoin/retoinine (spelled differently in some languages). Note: This is NOT accutane. Which is ISO- retinoin. Which really has nothing to do with wrinkles in the long-term, because you can't take it long-term. It's for short/middle term use for severe acne.

A retinoin/tretinoin cream standardized to 0.025% applied to the face at night, makes the new cells underneath the dead cell surface.

It has to be said, that the effects aren't visible until the 2-3 month mark, but you'll see a huge improvement in your skin ton/clarity. And as a bonus, it's also anti-acneic.

I think the Life Extension Company had it, but the FDA put it on the restricted list of items. You should check it out. After about 24...when GH levels start to drop dramatically, wrinkles are inevitable. But retinoin speeds up cell rejuvenation and therefore gives you a much more youthful appearance. There's also a 0.05% strength gel for acne, but it is far to powerful for some people. (It tends to dry the skin out like accutane) However, it is an excellent alternative for those people who only get facial acne, and view using accutane, as a non-fesable option a risk/reward scenario.

Tretinoin gel/cream is Retin-A.

Excellent stuff.

Not that I have any wrinkles, but I used it to (as NRF noted) speed up the cell rejuvenation and clear out all the dead skin cells making my skin very clear, pure and glowing. I get a lot of compliments by women of my facial skin. (and these women spend thousands of dollars on shit like SKII, La Mere etc- very expensive cosmetic creams)

Some cosmetic corporations like Loreal and a bunch of other also add tretinoin (Vit A based) into their preparations too, however for us guys, just get the real shit - Retin-A comes in 0.01% , 0.05% (I'm using) and 0.1% (Gel).

I actually use Retin-A inconjunction with accutane. Retin-A for the face.
Accutane for my body. It is a dangerous topical cream, so use with caution.

 

[glennds]

when you get a little older doesn't hurt to have a little water retention from AAS use to plump up your skin. i have used retinA for about a year now. can get it cheap online. works well but your skin all peels first month or so.

 

[TraxZBT]

i'm starting to see a couple of wrinkles... but I assume its from all the tanning