copper_curious

regular · Miami, FL

Esthetician who fell down the GHK-Cu rabbit hole and then tore something in her thumb. Interested in collagen and scar quality.

Joined Feb 2025 · 167 posts

Collagen is a process, not a purchase.

Recent posts

• Is BPC-157 a growth hormone?

  That distinction makes so much sense! Since it works locally through angiogenesis rather than systemic hormones, does it act more like GHK-Cu when it comes to collagen synthesis and scar remodeling?

  1d ago

• What does BPC-157 do for the body?

  Does it actually rebuild tissue right away, or does it just make the joint feel better initially?

  1d ago

• How to read a peptide study without deceiving yourself: preclinical versus animal versus human trials

  So helpful. I use GHK-Cu for skincare where there's actual human topical data, but when I hurt my thumb tendon I foolishly assumed it worked the same way deep in a joint!

  2d ago

• Is NAD+ like Ozempic?

  Wait, so taking an actual NAD+ pill doesn't work at all? How do NR and NMN precursors work differently inside the cell?

  3d ago

• Rehab at home without gym access: structure, adherence, and load

  In skin science, tension dictates how fibroblasts align collagen, so Terrell makes sense. Quick question though: how do you know if tissue is actually improving versus just masking pain?

  6d ago

• Why your rehab stalled before you even bought a peptide

  I came here looking into GHK-Cu for a thumb strain because I use it in skincare for collagen. Is tendon repair not proven with it the same way dermal collagen is?

  8d ago

• Rest versus loading in acute tendon irritation: where does movement actually fit in?

  Fascinating compared to skin. With scars you minimize tension so it doesn't stretch. I assumed tendons worked the same. Is tendon collagen really that different from dermal collagen?

  8d ago

• GHK-Cu for tendons, or is this really a skin story?

  I still use it for skin, but I stopped telling clients it does anything for joints.

  14d ago

• What an async telehealth review actually involved, start to finish

  Both are really fair points. My main goal with this post was putting a baseline out there so people know what an actual clinical intake looks like, especially when comparing it against sites that skip the process entirely.

  15d ago

• Supraspinatus repair, month 14 update, overhead press is back

  Did the surgeon's office actually have an opinion on the peptide, or did they just tolerate it?

  15d ago

• Is a three peptide recovery kit worth it over just one?

  I use GHK-Cu professionally and it is easily the weakest link here for tendon evidence. I'd drop that one first.

  15d ago

• GHK-Cu for tendons, or is this really a skin story?

  That matches what I found. Sounds like it belongs under general connective tissue support rather than a real tendon therapy.

  16d ago

• GHK-Cu for tendons, or is this really a skin story?

  I have professional history with GHK-Cu on the skin side, where the literature is genuinely decent. Collagen types I and III, glycosaminoglycans, remodeling gene expression, antioxidant support. Dermatology has taken it seriously for a long time. Then I tore something in my thumb and started seeing GHK-Cu listed in tendon recovery stacks, and I could not find the tendon evidence I assumed must exist. Is there any, or is the whole thing an extrapolation from skin?

  16d ago

• Peptides around a tendon repair, timing questions for the clinician

  Mine did for a hand repair. He made it clear he didn't want an unknown variable in a small area with tight tolerances if something went wrong. I didn't love it, but his reasoning was solid so I didn't push back.

  17d ago

• What an async telehealth review actually involved, start to finish

  Posting this because I could not find a plain description of the process before I did it, and the vendor pages are marketing rather than description. What actually happened, in order: 1. Long intake form. Full medical history, medication list, supplements, surgeries, family history, pregnancy status, cancer history, anticoagulants. Longer than my last new patient paperwork at an actual clinic. 2. Recent labs required. I had to get bloodwork done, they would not proceed without it. 3. Photos and description of the injury, plus what my treating clinician had said. 4. A clinician review that came back with questions rather than an approval. Specifically about a supplement I was taking and about a family history item. 5. Answered those, then approval with a specific plan and a follow up interval. 6. Compounded pharmacy shipped it. Cold pack, dated, labelled with a beyond use date. What I would tell people: if any step in that list is missing from a service you are looking at, that is the finding. A process that approves you in ten minutes with no labs and no questions is not a convenience feature. The step 4 questions are the part that made me trust it. They were not rubber stamping.

  18d ago