3 plus years ago, I had lumps in my cheeks pop up. Both sides were noticably larger but one moreso, just like chipmunk cheeks. At that time and probably years before,I used 8 to 10iu HGH consistently with lower periods in that frame. It was embarrassing and I was worried it was cancerous tumors or something.
After many specialist visits, I had bi-lateral bucal fat pad surgery to remove the excess fat that somehow grew from the fat pad into the cheek area. Not only did the doctor say it was rare, no one I knew ever heard of it. I quit anything over 5iu. Not blaming the high dose HGH but considering what HGH can do, better safe than sorry.
Thanks for sharing that. All we ever hear about the risky hobby we’re in is “I did X, and it was fine”. Even if the rest of the world has a mountain of evidence about risks. Any problem that takes more than a day to develop, never mind years, is unlikely to be connected with the original source, and even if it is, unlikely to make it back here.
Heard a doc who treats BBs say that an unusual number of his patients got weird, rare tumors. These things happen, and there’s ZERO chance of connecting them back to rHGH. He said they still suspected it and suffered with a heavy burden of guilt that they probably caused it (whether they did or didn’t, it’ll never be known).
We know more now, have safety data from people on rHGH for adult GH deficiency for years, HIV cachexia patients etc, so we know physiologic levels don’t seem to increase cancer risks. Above that? Who knows. “The dose makes the poison” as they say.
Especially now that so many are running GH continuously now, for those looking for long term safety, it’s best to let IGF-1 (or better the Z score that comes with ) determine what a safe dose is. That’s what endocrinologists use, not IU. Don’t exceed a Z score of 3. 2 is the upper limit of “normal”, but up to 3 doesn’t appear to cause problems.
Some will need 5iu just to get to “low average” IGF, and others will have crazy high, dangerous IGF with just 2iu.
So get it checked, before you start if possible for a clean baseline. It’s a cheap test in the US, under $50.