Is Testing GHK-CU in a Blend Pointless?

[ReenaRouge]

I came across the claim that testing blends doesn’t work because you can’t separate and assess each ingredient individually. Is that accurate? Would the same apply to GHK-CU?

 

[miss-sanne]

ReenaRouge said:

I came across the claim that testing blends doesn’t work because you can’t separate and assess each ingredient individually. Is that accurate? Would the same apply to GHK-CU?

Since ghk-cu is the only thing I take, I can tell what it's doing.

6 weeks in and I'm getting good results — the lines on my face aren't as deep.

Fingers crossed. Could be my imagination, lol

 

[v2boi]

I went with the glow blend because each peptide in it has its own role for me. For body recovery there's Bpc157 and tb500, while Ghk/cu handles complexion.

For a while I moved on to separate vials, but then I went back to blends. The ease of it and fewer injections don't get enough credit.

My take is that they all did their job nicely lol

 

[ReenaRouge]

miss-sanne said:

ReenaRouge said:

I came across the claim that testing blends doesn’t work because you can’t separate and assess each ingredient individually. Is that accurate? Would the same apply to GHK-CU?

Since ghk-cu is the only thing I take, I can tell what it's doing.

6 weeks in and I'm getting good results — the lines on my face aren't as deep.

Fingers crossed. Could be my imagination, lol

So you managed to get the GHK-Cu purity tested?

 

[fatty33]

miss-sanne said:

ReenaRouge said:

I came across the claim that testing blends doesn’t work because you can’t separate and assess each ingredient individually. Is that accurate? Would the same apply to GHK-CU?

Since ghk-cu is the only thing I take, I can tell what it's doing.

6 weeks in and I'm getting good results — the lines on my face aren't as deep.

Fingers crossed. Could be my imagination, lol

I've got a stash of GHK, but I'm on the fence about actually trying it—everyone keeps mentioning the burning sensation, and I'm totally lost on what a proper protocol would even look like. I also snagged some NAD+ in a giveaway from ElleWerks, so I've begun digging into that one too, though I still need to figure out how to go about researching it!!!

 

[Vantaq]

fatty33 said:

miss-sanne said:

ReenaRouge said:

I came across the claim that testing blends doesn’t work because you can’t separate and assess each ingredient individually. Is that accurate? Would the same apply to GHK-CU?

Since ghk-cu is the only thing I take, I can tell what it's doing.

6 weeks in and I'm getting good results — the lines on my face aren't as deep.

Fingers crossed. Could be my imagination, lol

I've got a stash of GHK, but I'm on the fence about actually trying it—everyone keeps mentioning the burning sensation, and I'm totally lost on what a proper protocol would even look like. I also snagged some NAD+ in a giveaway from ElleWerks, so I've begun digging into that one too, though I still need to figure out how to go about researching it!!!

unsure whether that does anything for you, but as a rule

GHK-Cu is a pretty optional extra with poor returns when you're below 30, unless there's skin damage involved — barrier harm, post-acne damage (not deep scars, not active acne)

for anti-aging and healthier skin overall, my suggestion is retinoids, diet, SUNSCREEN and sleep

 

[miss-sanne]

fatty33 said:

miss-sanne said:

ReenaRouge said:

I came across the claim that testing blends doesn’t work because you can’t separate and assess each ingredient individually. Is that accurate? Would the same apply to GHK-CU?

Since ghk-cu is the only thing I take, I can tell what it's doing.

6 weeks in and I'm getting good results — the lines on my face aren't as deep.

Fingers crossed. Could be my imagination, lol

I've got a stash of GHK, but I'm on the fence about actually trying it—everyone keeps mentioning the burning sensation, and I'm totally lost on what a proper protocol would even look like. I also snagged some NAD+ in a giveaway from ElleWerks, so I've begun digging into that one too, though I still need to figure out how to go about researching it!!!

There’s nothing wrong with me. Sure, about 30 minutes in I notice something — though it doesn’t hurt — and a red spot shows up fairly often, but it’s mild.

 

[Gr33dyOctopus]

Yeah, I just placed an order for my first klow. I was an idiot and got bpc and tb separately, but I'm really after the ghk and kpv, so I figure I might as well use them all together.

 

[Jazzyjeff]

fatty33 said:

miss-sanne said:

ReenaRouge said:

I came across the claim that testing blends doesn’t work because you can’t separate and assess each ingredient individually. Is that accurate? Would the same apply to GHK-CU?

Since ghk-cu is the only thing I take, I can tell what it's doing.

6 weeks in and I'm getting good results — the lines on my face aren't as deep.

Fingers crossed. Could be my imagination, lol

I've got a stash of GHK, but I'm on the fence about actually trying it—everyone keeps mentioning the burning sensation, and I'm totally lost on what a proper protocol would even look like. I also snagged some NAD+ in a giveaway from ElleWerks, so I've begun digging into that one too, though I still need to figure out how to go about researching it!!!

To deal with that, I go with a longer needle so the peptide goes in deeper, which also cuts down on stinging at the skin surface.

 

[yrrdead]

Gr33dyOctopus said:

Yeah, I just placed an order for my first klow. I was an idiot and got bpc and tb separately, but I'm really after the ghk and kpv, so I figure I might as well use them all together.

Glow/klow blends have plenty of downsides. The one upside is a bit of convenience, and it's a very small upside.

My goal is to see how I react to each compound on its own. I also want to set the dose and schedule separately for every one of them. That way, if something needs tweaking, I can tweak it. And if I decide to put them all in 1 injection, that's still an option.

So far, the hgh secretagogues are the only blend that looks okay. Just 2 compounds, and their dosing protocols are basically the same.

 

[ReenaRouge]

v2boi said:

I went with the glow blend because each peptide in it has its own role for me. For body recovery there's Bpc157 and tb500, while Ghk/cu handles complexion.

For a while I moved on to separate vials, but then I went back to blends. The ease of it and fewer injections don't get enough credit.

My take is that they all did their job nicely lol

That’s awesome. Still doesn’t address what I asked about testing ghk cu.

fatty33 said:

miss-sanne said:

ReenaRouge said:

I came across the claim that testing blends doesn’t work because you can’t separate and assess each ingredient individually. Is that accurate? Would the same apply to GHK-CU?

Since ghk-cu is the only thing I take, I can tell what it's doing.

6 weeks in and I'm getting good results — the lines on my face aren't as deep.

Fingers crossed. Could be my imagination, lol

I've got a stash of GHK, but I'm on the fence about actually trying it—everyone keeps mentioning the burning sensation, and I'm totally lost on what a proper protocol would even look like. I also snagged some NAD+ in a giveaway from ElleWerks, so I've begun digging into that one too, though I still need to figure out how to go about researching it!!!

I’ve heard that drawing some additional bac water into the syringe at injection time reduces the sting

 

[miss-sanne]

yrrdead said:

Gr33dyOctopus said:

Yeah, I just placed an order for my first klow. I was an idiot and got bpc and tb separately, but I'm really after the ghk and kpv, so I figure I might as well use them all together.

Glow/klow blends have plenty of downsides. The one upside is a bit of convenience, and it's a very small upside.

My goal is to see how I react to each compound on its own. I also want to set the dose and schedule separately for every one of them. That way, if something needs tweaking, I can tweak it. And if I decide to put them all in 1 injection, that's still an option.

So far, the hgh secretagogues are the only blend that looks okay. Just 2 compounds, and their dosing protocols are basically the same.

I'm with you on that.

There's also something I came across — no idea whether it holds up — about them requiring separate pH ranges, and ghk-cu possibly interfering with the rest, which would make it a bad move. As I mentioned, I can't say whether that's accurate.

 

[randompersonrandom]

ReenaRouge said:

v2boi said:

I went with the glow blend because each peptide in it has its own role for me. For body recovery there's Bpc157 and tb500, while Ghk/cu handles complexion.

For a while I moved on to separate vials, but then I went back to blends. The ease of it and fewer injections don't get enough credit.

My take is that they all did their job nicely lol

That’s awesome. Still doesn’t address what I asked about testing ghk cu.

fatty33 said:

miss-sanne said:

ReenaRouge said:

I came across the claim that testing blends doesn’t work because you can’t separate and assess each ingredient individually. Is that accurate? Would the same apply to GHK-CU?

Since ghk-cu is the only thing I take, I can tell what it's doing.

6 weeks in and I'm getting good results — the lines on my face aren't as deep.

Fingers crossed. Could be my imagination, lol

I've got a stash of GHK, but I'm on the fence about actually trying it—everyone keeps mentioning the burning sensation, and I'm totally lost on what a proper protocol would even look like. I also snagged some NAD+ in a giveaway from ElleWerks, so I've begun digging into that one too, though I still need to figure out how to go about researching it!!!

I’ve heard that drawing some additional bac water into the syringe at injection time reduces the sting

What I believe you're assuming is that ghk-cu is itself a blend — that isn't the case.

 

[ReenaRouge]

I had assumed it was a blend, so thanks for clearing that up. Does that mean Glow and Klow count as blends too?

 

[randompersonrandom]

ReenaRouge said:

I had assumed it was a blend, so thanks for clearing that up. Does that mean Glow and Klow count as blends too?

Yeah--GLOW consists of GHK-cu combined with tb-something and BPC something, while KLOW contains all of those ingredients plus KPV. There are three kits of klow sitting in my freezer, and my plan is to finish them all (probably, eventually). That said, if I ever purchased klow again, I'd rather get the individual components separately, because then I could confirm each one had been tested instead of being QA failures that got mixed into a blend to conceal low purity or something like that. The kits I currently have seem reasonably trustworthy to me, but I don't think I'd accept that kind of risk a second time.

 

[fatty33]

Vantaq said:

fatty33 said:

miss-sanne said:

ReenaRouge said:

I came across the claim that testing blends doesn’t work because you can’t separate and assess each ingredient individually. Is that accurate? Would the same apply to GHK-CU?

Since ghk-cu is the only thing I take, I can tell what it's doing.

6 weeks in and I'm getting good results — the lines on my face aren't as deep.

Fingers crossed. Could be my imagination, lol

I've got a stash of GHK, but I'm on the fence about actually trying it—everyone keeps mentioning the burning sensation, and I'm totally lost on what a proper protocol would even look like. I also snagged some NAD+ in a giveaway from ElleWerks, so I've begun digging into that one too, though I still need to figure out how to go about researching it!!!

unsure whether that does anything for you, but as a rule

GHK-Cu is a pretty optional extra with poor returns when you're below 30, unless there's skin damage involved — barrier harm, post-acne damage (not deep scars, not active acne)

for anti-aging and healthier skin overall, my suggestion is retinoids, diet, SUNSCREEN and sleep

If only I were younger than 30....I'm 58. Mentally, I'm 18.

 

[New2ton]

randompersonrandom said:

ReenaRouge said:

I had assumed it was a blend, so thanks for clearing that up. Does that mean Glow and Klow count as blends too?

Yeah--GLOW consists of GHK-cu combined with tb-something and BPC something, while KLOW contains all of those ingredients plus KPV. There are three kits of klow sitting in my freezer, and my plan is to finish them all (probably, eventually). That said, if I ever purchased klow again, I'd rather get the individual components separately, because then I could confirm each one had been tested instead of being QA failures that got mixed into a blend to conceal low purity or something like that. The kits I currently have seem reasonably trustworthy to me, but I don't think I'd accept that kind of risk a second time.

Looking at GLOW and KLOW, it had never crossed my mind that these blends might actually be QA failures. I was torn between buying KLOW versus its separate ingredients, since a blend is handy, yet I also want finer control over how much TB500 I take. After reading this, I believe my choice is settled!

 

[randompersonrandom]

New2ton said:

randompersonrandom said:

ReenaRouge said:

I had assumed it was a blend, so thanks for clearing that up. Does that mean Glow and Klow count as blends too?

Yeah--GLOW consists of GHK-cu combined with tb-something and BPC something, while KLOW contains all of those ingredients plus KPV. There are three kits of klow sitting in my freezer, and my plan is to finish them all (probably, eventually). That said, if I ever purchased klow again, I'd rather get the individual components separately, because then I could confirm each one had been tested instead of being QA failures that got mixed into a blend to conceal low purity or something like that. The kits I currently have seem reasonably trustworthy to me, but I don't think I'd accept that kind of risk a second time.

Looking at GLOW and KLOW, it had never crossed my mind that these blends might actually be QA failures. I was torn between buying KLOW versus its separate ingredients, since a blend is handy, yet I also want finer control over how much TB500 I take. After reading this, I believe my choice is settled!

I remember @Airborne Daddy—or maybe somebody else—criticizing a company about indications that QA had failed, and that seemed like one of the potential giveaways. It really made me see things differently!