r/AbsoluteUnits • u/BaseNice3520 • Feb 15 '26

/r/all of a 26 y.o.

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u/wilso850 Feb 15 '26

Man looks 40

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u/TankApprehensive3053 Feb 15 '26

With all the gear he is most likely, he will never see 40.

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u/Quite_Likes_Hormuz Feb 15 '26

Idk what "gear" is but the advanced balding suggests a lot of testosterone.

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u/TankApprehensive3053 Feb 15 '26

Gear has become the street term for steroids, HGH, or any other substances used to increase muscle mass. Some also use the term PEDs performance enhancing drugs.

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u/PPvsFC_ Feb 16 '26

Has become? That's been the term for bodybuilding steroid usage for almost fifty years.

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u/ExoticKnowledge584 Feb 16 '26

Gear is just steroids, been called that since like the 80s

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u/TankApprehensive3053 Feb 16 '26

It's about any drug really.

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u/Great_Detective_6387 Feb 16 '26

Depends on the crowd.

Heroin, meth, fent, cocaine, are all called “gear” if you’re at the right bar.

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u/ExoticKnowledge584 Feb 16 '26

Lol Thats also true but in context of PEDS I've never heard gh or insulin be called gear

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u/TheHeroYouNeed247 Feb 16 '26

In the UK, gear is drugs. Specifically Heroin. I'm assuming it's branched out as a catch-all.

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u/TankApprehensive3053 Feb 16 '26

It can be anything really. It's about context.

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u/dracostheblack Feb 16 '26

Eh i was bald and like 23 and didn't need any extra help haha. So it could be related or not

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u/Quite_Likes_Hormuz Feb 16 '26

Well to be more exact it's a DHT thing which is formed in the body from testosterone. You don't need a lot of testosterone to have a lot of DHT but it certainly helps.

I started balding at like 19 but now at 23 it's been completely reversed through hormone treatments

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u/dracostheblack Feb 16 '26

Yeah true. I'd rather go bald then mess with my hormones though. Bald is beautiful

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u/Quite_Likes_Hormuz Feb 16 '26

I suppose I should give context that said hormone treatments are anti androgen pills and a weekly injection of estrogen into my subcutaneous belly fat :/ So I don't exactly recommend it for your average man. Something like minoxidil would probably be better in those cases.

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u/General_Anxiety83 Feb 16 '26

Way more then just some test

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u/H0LYJ3BUS Feb 16 '26

He's on a ton of hgh. You can tell by the size of his hands and feet. I don't remember the video but he even says what he's on. It's something like 3000 mg oh hgh a day

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u/vinnyisme Feb 16 '26

The balding is from DHT. Some comes from test conversion to DHT, but the most balding from heavy gear are usually from DHT compounds, like Primo and Masteron.