The looksmaxxing trend has taken a dangerous turn, with young people taking massive doses of anabolic ste**ids before ever setting foot in a gym. YouTuber Coach Kolton recently exposed a particularly concerning case in a recent YouTube video that highlights how out of control this online movement has become.
While scrolling through TikTok, Kolton discovered a profile belonging to what appears to be a 17 or 18-year-old who’s been taking testosterone, Anavar, growth hormone, and aromatase inhibitors.
The young man is consuming a total of 640 milligrams of androgens weekly, nearly five times a standard testosterone replacement therapy dose of 120 to 175 milligrams. Despite this enormous pharmaceutical intake, he doesn’t appear to have any gym experience whatsoever.
“He looks like a prepubescent teenager still,” Kolton observed, pointing out the fundamental flaw in this approach. The young man’s profile revealed he’s taking testosterone propionate and later switched to testosterone cypionate, suggesting he’s chasing rapid results without understanding the serious implications.
The propionate ester metabolizes quickly, delivering effects faster than longer esters like cypionate or enanthate. This choice indicates the user is focused purely on speed rather than safety or sustainability. “He’s really just looking for the speed of results. He doesn’t care what he’s doing,” Kolton explained.
The situation reflects a misconception within the looksmaxxing community. Many young people believe st**oids will dramatically change their bone structure, widen their shoulders, and transform their facial features. While hormones do cause some facial changes, particularly to the mandible, brow, and nose, the effects aren’t as dramatic as these online communities suggest.
What these actually accomplish is forced maturation, making users look older faster. Kolton referenced Clavicular, a prominent figure in the looksmaxxing space who reportedly started taking s**roids at 14 years old. “He forced himself to get older by taking steroids,” Kolton noted, explaining why Clavicular appears more mature than his actual age.
The community also promotes DHT maximization during puberty, encouraging teenagers to blast testosterone to increase dihydrotestosterone levels. While DHT is highly androgenic, it also causes hair loss, accelerated skin aging, prostate issues, and other unwanted effects that these young users don’t consider.
Kolton predicts this pattern will continue: “Give it two months. This guy’s going to be selling a course.” The blueprint is familiar, create dramatic before and after comparisons, claim to have discovered the secret formula, and monetize desperate followers.
The real concern is what happens years down the line. As Kolton posed: “What happens when we fast forward 20 years and you’re 35 years old and now you’re thinking, I look 55 and I’m 35?”
