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Bryan Johnson wrote on X that the best anti-aging treatments are filters, photo editing, and lighting.

Since June, he has disclosed his own diagnosis of autoimmune gastritis, as well as that of his girlfriend Kate Tolo, and has shifted his focus back to curing the diseases.

Johnson says that he is still working towards the goal of achieving immortality by 2039.

Bryan Johnson, the representative figure of this "Don 't Die" movement, has just posted a tweet that is the least "immortal" of his entire career.

On Tuesday, this biohacker wrote on X: "Regrettably, the best anti-aging treatments are filters, photo editing, and lighting."

This statement comes from a person who once claimed to spend $2 million per year in an attempt to keep his body functioning as if he were 18 years old. In pursuit of immortality, he has done almost anything, including some bizarre practices such as shock wave therapy on his penis.

So, has Johnson given up and turned to seeking the “blessings” of botulinum toxin and cosmetics? Not quite. But this summer changed him.

"Regrettably, the best anti-aging treatments are filters, photo editing, and lighting" – Bryan Johnson (@bryan_johnson), October 6, 2026

On June 30th, he announced that he suffered from autoimmune gastritis, a chronic disease in which the immune system attacks the stomach lining. He said he was diagnosed in May.

A few weeks later, his girlfriend, Blueprint, co-founder Kate Tolo, was diagnosed with endometriosis, as well as PMOS and adenomyosis of the uterus. The entire process of examinations took about six weeks.

On July 21st, Johnson claimed to have "cloned" himself into a newborn. Community comments raised objections to this claim. In reality, what he did was to induce pluripotent stem cells, which are reprogrammed adult cells, not clones.

"I just cloned myself... as a newborn. With this clone, I can: + make it my 'blood boy' + test therapies on the clone + cultivate organs for transplantation + develop new therapies + inject young cells. This baby-bryan is still in a petri dish right now. To some people, that might sound terrifying..." – Bryan Johnson (@bryan_johnson), July 21, 2026

Subsequently, the direction changed. On July 24th, Johnson posted that he had almost shut down his longevity company last year and asked himself what should be built on the eve of the arrival of superintelligence.

His answer is: to cure all diseases. He mentioned GitLab, the co-founder, and Sid Sijbrandij. The latter, after adopting the "founder mode" in cancer treatment, is said to have shown no signs of disease anymore. He also cited the case of a Sydney engineer, Paul Conyngham, whose customized mRNA vaccine is said to have reduced the tumor in his dog by about 75%.

Johnson said that he has re-focused the Immortals project, which was launched in February, charges $1 million per year, and is limited to only 3 spots, on creating tools that allow individuals to identify and solve their own health problems. He and Tolo are among the first batch of customers.

Subsequently, last month, Johnson posted that in "many aspects," he resembles an 18-year-old. The aspects he listed, such as sleep, fertility, resting heart rate, vascular health, and inflammation levels, are no different from those of teenagers.

The exceptions are hearing and somatic cell mutations. He also admits that he looks exactly like he is 49 years old, which is probably why some botulinum toxins may achieve the same results as medical research costing millions of dollars.

Johnson's focus/obsession has also shifted towards women's health. Tolo told ABC from Australia that women's health has always been the 'next priority', and her goal is to become 'the woman with the most data measured in the world'. This program will collect 14 million data points about her menstrual cycle.

Johnson told the same media that he is still committed to achieving immortality by 2039, but it will no longer be his only life goal. There are 13 years left until that deadline, so by then, he will be a “immortal” in his 60s.

This is probably not the appearance that the immortals wish to present forever, but it's also a problem that not even some concealer products can solve.