Here is the cocktail of supplements which looksmaxxer Clavicular has admitted to taking on a daily basis.
Beauty maintenance and self-grooming amongst humans is a practice as old as time, however a group of men on the extreme fringes of the internet have taken this to a whole new level.
Ladies and gentlemen, enter looksmaxxing.
Originating on incel message boards back in the 2010s, looksmaxxing sees its followers go to extreme lengths to improve their physical appearance.
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One of the leading figures in this movement is Clavicular, a 20-year-old influencer who's gone viral for whacking his face with a hammer in order to give himself a more defined jawline.
Now the streamer - real name Braden Peters - has revealed the shocking cocktail of supplements he takes every in order to achieve his goal of ascending to a greater physical appearance.
During a recent interview with The New York Times, Peters revealed the lengthy list of drugs he takes in order to achieve his ideal physical body.
Amongst the drugs which Peters admitted to using were 220mg of testosterone in order to increase muscle mass, bone density and libido, as well as 12mg of retatrutide (a triple agonist weight loss drug) and Melanotan 2, a drug which induces tanning without being exposed to UV rays.
He also uses melatonin and l-glutathione as antioxidants alongside medication for lowering cortisol and improving cell health.
"I don't just biohack in the context of looksmaxxing," he added. "I'm also a cognitionmaxxer, so I've got a very fine tuned nootropic stack."
Cognitionmaxxing of course being the same concept as looksmaxxing but replacing your physical appearance with brain function.
But just how beneficial is it to take all of this? According to one doctor, it's not something any of us should be trying at home.
Speaking about the trend with LADbible, Dr Suzanne Wylie, GP and medical adviser for IQdoctor, said her main concern was people 'combining multiple pharmacological agents' without first consulting their doctor.
"The overriding concern from a health perspective is that combining multiple pharmacological agents, particularly outside of medical supervision, carries a very high risk of serious short‑term and long‑term harm," she explained.
"Even when people think they are simply trying to “optimise” their bodies, the combination of these substances, especially stimulants and hormone‑altering drugs, can interact in unpredictable and dangerous ways, affecting the heart, liver, kidneys, brain and endocrine system,"
Touching on his reported use of testosterone more specifically, Dr Wylie noted that users of anabolic agents often end up experiencing something known as the 'the Mossman–Pacey paradox' which is where a person's attempts to optimise their physical health leads to adverse side effects – such as decreased fertility (something which Peters joked about in his NYT interview) as well as mood swings, aggression and depression.
"Self‑administering a cocktail of performance‑enhancers, stimulants and research chemicals in pursuit of appearance ideals is not only medically unsafe but can have lifelong consequences for physical and mental health," Dr Wylie added.
"Anyone considering these approaches should stop and seek a full discussion with a qualified healthcare professional about safer, evidence‑based routes to wellbeing and self‑esteem rather than following internet trends that glamourise drug use without context."
What is the full list of supplements which Clavicular takes?
The full Clavicular cocktail appears to be as follows:
• Testosterone (TRT) — 220 mg
• Accutane — 25 mg
• Retatrutide — 12 mg
• Nebivolol — 10 mg
• Melanotan 2
• Melatonin — 300–500 mg
• L-Glutathione
• NAD+
• Anavar
Although we wouldn't recommend trying this one at home.
Topics: Health
Brenna Cooper