Compound Library

243+ Compounds. Zero Bro-Science.

Evidence-based profiles across healing peptides, GH secretagogues, GLP-1s, SARMs, steroids, nootropics, supplements, PCT ancillaries, and longevity compounds — with pharmacokinetics, dosing protocols, and outcome data.

Healing Peptides

Tissue, tendon, gut, and soft-tissue repair peptides — regenerative, anti-inflammatory, and post-injury compounds.

BPC-157

Why BPC-157 Runs The Healing-Peptide Category BPC-157 is the peptide that people reach for when something hurts, something isn't healing, or something on thei

Recovery 10/10SubQ4–8wk

TB-500

TB-500: The Systemic Healing Peptide TB-500 has earned a permanent spot in the recovery stack of physique-focused users and injury-prone lifters alike. It's t

Recovery 9/10SubQ4–8wk

GHK-Cu

Why GHK-Cu Earned Its Reputation GHK-Cu is the rare peptide that actually delivers on the anti-aging marketing copy — because it's not really a drug, it's an

Recovery 8/10Topical4–12wk

KPV

Why KPV Earned Its Reputation KPV is the C-terminal tripeptide of α-MSH — the part of the molecule that carries the anti-inflammatory punch without the pigmen

Recovery 7/10SubQ4–8wk

Thymosin Alpha-1

What Thymosin Alpha-1 Actually Does Thymosin Alpha-1 is the quiet workhorse of the healing-peptide shelf. It doesn't rebuild tendons like BPC-157 or pull wate

Recovery 7/10SubQ4–12wk

LL-37

What LL-37 Actually Does LL-37 is the body's only human cathelicidin — an endogenous antimicrobial peptide that neutrophils, keratinocytes, and epithelial cel

Recovery 7/10SubQ2–6wk

Wolverine Stack (BPC-157 + TB-500)

Blend

The Repair Stack That Earned Its Nickname The Wolverine Stack — BPC-157 paired with TB-500 — is the most widely-run soft-tissue recovery protocol in the physi

Recovery 10/10SubQ4–8wk

GLOW

Blend

What GLOW Actually Is GLOW is a pre-mixed peptide blend — BPC-157 + TB-500 + GHK-Cu — sold almost exclusively in a 70 mg vial (50 mg GHK-Cu / 10 mg BPC-157 /

Recovery 10/10SubQ4–12wk

KLOW Blend

Blend

KLOW Blend: Four Regenerative Peptides, One Shot KLOW is a research-peptide blend that packs four of the most well-characterized regenerative compounds — GHK-

Recovery 9/10SubQ4–8wk

MGF

Why MGF Sits in the Peptide Stack Mechano Growth Factor (MGF) is the local splice variant of IGF-1 your muscles release in the minutes after a heavy working s

Recovery 7/10IM (native MGF, site-injected post-workout); SubQ (PEG-MGF)4–8wk

ARA-290

ARA-290 occupies a specific, hard-to-fill slot in the peptide toolkit: it's the compound the community reaches for when the problem is nerve pain, small-fiber d

Recovery 8/10SubQ4–8wk

Cartalax

What Cartalax Actually Does Cartalax — the Ala-Glu-Asp tripeptide, often labeled AED or T-31 — is a Khavinson short peptide bioregulator aimed squarely at car

Recovery 7/10SubQ2–4wk

GH & IGF Axis

GH secretagogues, recombinant GH, and IGF analogues — every compound that drives the GH/IGF-1 axis for body recomposition, sleep, and recovery.

CJC-1295

Why CJC-1295 Earned Its Place in the Peptide Toolkit CJC-1295 is the workhorse GHRH analog of the peptide scene — the compound physique-focused users reach fo

Recovery 7/10SubQ8–12wk

Ipamorelin

Why Ipamorelin Earned Its Place Ipamorelin is the cleanest growth hormone secretagogue in the GHRP class — a selective ghrelin-receptor agonist that triggers

Recovery 7/10SubQ8–16wk

Sermorelin

Sermorelin has quietly become the default entry point into GH-axis peptides for physique-focused users, recovery-chasers, and anyone trying to recapture the sle

Recovery 7/10SubQ12–24wk

Tesamorelin

Why Tesamorelin Earned Its Niche Tesamorelin is the one peptide with human clinical trial data showing it actually reduces visceral fat — not theoretically, n

Fat Loss 7/10SubQ12–26wk

Hexarelin

Why Hexarelin Hexarelin is the hardest-hitting GHRP ever brought to clinical trials — a synthetic hexapeptide that triggers a GH pulse several times larger th

Recovery 6/10SubQ4–8wk

GHRP-2

GHRP-2 is one of the most cost-effective ways to generate a real, measurable growth hormone pulse without touching recombinant HGH. As a ghrelin-receptor agonis

Recovery 6/10SubQ8–16wk

GHRP-6

GHRP-6 is the original ghrelin-mimetic growth hormone secretagogue — the peptide that put GHRP protocols on the map before ipamorelin and CJC-1295 existed. The

Recovery 6/10SubQ8–16wk

MK-677

MK-677 (ibutamoren) is the closest thing to "GH in a pill" that the physique and longevity community has access to — an orally active ghrelin mimetic that drive

Recovery 7/10Oral8–24wk

HGH (Somatropin)

Why HGH Still Sits at the Top of the Shelf Few compounds have earned their reputation across as many use cases as recombinant human growth hormone. Bodybuilde

Recovery 8/10SubQ16–104wk

IGF-1 LR3

IGF-1 LR3 is the most direct lever on muscle hypertrophy signaling the research-peptide market has ever produced. Where GH and secretagogues take weeks to ramp

Muscle 7/10SubQ3–6wk

CJC-1295 + Ipamorelin

Blend

Why CJC-1295 + Ipamorelin Earned Its Reputation CJC-1295 + ipamorelin is the default entry point into GH-axis peptides for a reason: it drives a real, pulsati

Recovery 7/10SubQ8–16wk

PEG-MGF

What PEG-MGF Actually Does PEG-MGF is a pegylated form of the mechano growth factor E-peptide — the C-terminal splice variant of IGF-1 that your muscle produc

Recovery 6/10IM4–6wk

Metabolic Peptides

GLP-1/GIP/glucagon agonists, mitochondrial peptides, and metabolic regulators engineered for fat loss, insulin sensitivity, and substrate flexibility.

HGH Fragment 176-191

HGH Fragment 176-191 (sold clinically as AOD-9604) is the C-terminal lipolytic tail of human growth hormone — the fat-burning signal without the IGF-1, the wate

Fat Loss 4/10SubQ8–16wk

Insulin

Insulin is the most anabolic hormone in the human body — and in the bodybuilding and looksmaxxing community, it's used not for glucose control but as a post-wor

Muscle 7/10SubQ (abdominal, 4–6mm 31G slin pin)4–8wk

Retatrutide

Why Retatrutide Is the Most Talked-About Fat Loss Compound of the Decade Retatrutide is the first triple agonist to hit the grey market — a single peptide tha

Fat Loss 10/10SubQ12–24wk

Semaglutide

Why Semaglutide Became the Cutting Tool Semaglutide rewrote what a cut looks like. A once-weekly shot that quiets "food noise," crushes appetite, and produces

Fat Loss 9/10SubQ12–68wk

Tirzepatide

Tirzepatide is the most effective fat-loss pharmaceutical ever brought to market, and the physique community figured that out roughly ten minutes after the SURM

Fat Loss 10/10SubQ8–24wk

AOD-9604

AOD-9604 occupies a specific niche in the fat-loss toolkit: it's the lipolytic tail of human growth hormone — residues 176–191 with an added N-terminal tyrosine

Fat Loss 4/10SubQ8–16wk

5-Amino-1MQ

Most fat-loss compounds in this space work by hammering appetite (GLP-1s), cranking the CNS (stimulants), or uncoupling mitochondria outright (DNP). 5-Amino-1MQ

Fat Loss 5/10Oral8–12wk

SLU-PP-332

SLU-PP-332 is the first small molecule to credibly deliver on the "exercise in a vial" promise — a pan-ERR agonist that switches on the same mitochondrial and f

Endurance 8/10SubQ4–12wk

MOTS-c

Why MOTS-c Earned Its Spot in the Stack MOTS-c is one of the more interesting peptides to come out of the last decade of mitochondrial biology — a 16-amino-ac

Endurance 7/10SubQ4–6wk

L-Carnitine

L-carnitine has quietly become one of the most useful adjuncts in the cutting and recomp toolkit — not because it's flashy, but because it does one thing almost

Endurance 5/10IM8–16wk

Cagrilintide

Why Cagrilintide Earned Its Reputation Cagrilintide is a long-acting amylin analog that hits appetite through a completely different pathway than the GLP-1s e

Fat Loss 8/10SubQ12–32wk

CagriSema

Blend

Why CagriSema Is Worth Paying Attention To CagriSema is the first peptide combo that has credibly out-performed semaglutide monotherapy in a head-to-head phas

Fat Loss 10/10SubQ16–68wk

SARMs & Research Anabolics

Selective Androgen Receptor Modulators plus the SARM-adjacent research anabolics (Cardarine, Stenabolic, Follistatin-344) users browse alongside them.

AC-262536

AC-262536 is one of the more interesting oddballs in the SARM catalog — a partial agonist at the androgen receptor developed by Acadia Pharmaceuticals that hits

Muscle 5/10A:66 · An:27Oral6–8wkPCT req.

Ostarine

Ostarine (MK-2866) is the most-run SARM in the physique community for a reason: it delivers reliable lean mass preservation in a caloric deficit without the bag

Muscle 6/10A:90 · An:30Oral8–12wkPCT req.

LGD-4033

LGD-4033 (Ligandrol) is the SARM most bodybuilders and recomp-focused users reach for when they want AAS-adjacent lean mass without the injections, aromatizatio

Muscle 7/10A:500 · An:1Oral6–8wkPCT req.

LGD-3303

Why LGD-3303 Has a Niche LGD-3303 is the dry, hard-looking cousin of LGD-4033 — same lab (Ligand Pharmaceuticals), very different feel in the mirror. Where li

Muscle 6/10Oral6–10wkPCT req.

RAD-140

RAD-140: The SARM That Actually Competes With Low-Dose Testosterone RAD-140 (Testolone) earned its reputation as the most anabolic research SARM on the market

Muscle 8/10A:90 · An:1Oral6–12wkPCT req.

YK-11

YK-11: The Steroidal Outlier in the SARM Market YK-11 sits in a strange corner of the SARM shelf. It's sold alongside ostarine and RAD-140, but structurally i

Muscle 6/10Oral6–8wkPCT req.

S-23

Why S-23 Has a Cult Following S-23 occupies a specific niche in the SARM world: it's the one people reach for when they want a dry, hard, visibly tightened lo

Muscle 7/10A:500 · An:95Oral6–10wkPCT req.

Andarine

Andarine (S-4) earned its place in the SARM rotation as the hardening compound — not the mass-builder of the class, but the one that delivers visible dryness, v

Fat Loss 6/10A:35 · An:5Oral6–8wkPCT req.

ACP-105

What ACP-105 Actually Is ACP-105 is a non-steroidal selective androgen receptor modulator originally developed by ACADIA Pharmaceuticals as a candidate for ag

Muscle 5/10A:150 · An:45Oral6–10wkPCT req.

Cardarine

Why Cardarine Earned Its Reputation Cardarine (GW501516) is the endurance and conditioning tool the physique community reaches for when cardio becomes the rat

Endurance 9/10A:0 · An:0Oral6–12wk

RAD-150

RAD-150: The Longer-Acting RAD-140 Analog RAD-150 — sold as TLB-150 Benzoate — is the benzoate-esterified analog of RAD-140 (testolone), engineered for a long

Muscle 7/10A:90 · An:1Oral6–8wkPCT req.

Steroids

Anabolic-androgenic steroids and prohormones — the most potent and well-studied performance compounds.

Testosterone

Testosterone is the compound every other anabolic is measured against — literally. Its anabolic:androgenic ratio of 100:100 is the reference point the entire AA

Muscle 9/10A:100 · An:100SubQ12–16wkPCT req.

Sustanon 250

Why Sustanon 250 Earned Its Place Sustanon 250 is the four-ester testosterone blend that built half the physiques in European gyms. One ampoule delivers 30mg

Muscle 9/10A:100 · An:100IM12–16wkPCT req.

Nandrolone

Why Nandrolone Still Anchors Serious Mass Cycles Nandrolone is one of the oldest compounds in the bodybuilding playbook for a reason: it builds thick, full mu

Recovery 9/10A:125 · An:37IM12–16wkPCT req.

Trenbolone

Why Trenbolone Has the Reputation It Does Trenbolone is the most potent anabolic androgen in practical use — a 19-nor compound with roughly 3–5× the androgen

Muscle 9/10A:500 · An:500IM6–12wkPCT req.

Trestolone

Trestolone — MENT, the 7α-methyl-19-nortestosterone molecule the Population Council originally designed as a male contraceptive — has quietly become one of the

Muscle 9/10A:600 · An:200SubQ6–10wkPCT req.

Dihydroboldenone

Why DHB Has a Cult Following Dihydroboldenone — sold as 1-Test Cypionate or 1-Test Acetate — is the 5α-reduced analog of boldenone, structurally a DHT molecul

Muscle 7/10A:200 · An:100IM10–16wkPCT req.

Masteron

Why Masteron Earned Its Reputation Masteron (drostanolone) is the compound physique-focused users reach for when the goal is hard, dry, and detailed rather th

Muscle 5/10A:62 · An:25IM8–16wkPCT req.

Primobolan

Primobolan occupies a specific niche in the bodybuilding and looksmaxxing community: the quality compound. It won't pack on raw size the way test or nandrolone

Muscle 6/10A:88 · An:44IM10–20wkPCT req.

Equipoise

Equipoise — boldenone undecylenate, universally called EQ — is the compound people run when they want slow, dry, vascular mass that looks like it was earned. It

Endurance 8/10A:100 · An:50IM16–20wkPCT req.

Methyltestosterone

Methyltestosterone was the first orally active testosterone derivative ever synthesized — the 1935 compound that proved a methyl group at C17α could keep an and

Strength 7/10A:100 · An:100Buccal/Sublingual2–6wkPCT req.

Dianabol

The Original Mass Builder Dianabol is the compound that built bodybuilding as we know it. Synthesized by Ciba in 1958 and handed to the US Olympic team by Joh

Muscle 9/10A:210 · An:60Oral4–6wkPCT req.

Anadrol

The OG Wet Bulk Kickstart Anadrol (oxymetholone) is the compound bodybuilders reach for when they want the scale to move now. 10–15 lb in the first 2–3 weeks

Muscle 9/10A:320 · An:45Oral4–6wkPCT req.

Nootropics

Cognitive enhancers, neuropeptides, and focus-promoting compounds — Semax, Selank, racetams, modafinil, and more.

Selank

Why Selank Selank is one of the cleanest tools available for anxiety, stress tone, and cognitive steadiness — a synthetic heptapeptide developed at the Russia

Cognition 7/10Intranasal2–6wk

Semax

Semax has built a quiet but durable reputation in the nootropic and biohacking community as one of the cleanest focus peptides available — a Russian-developed h

Cognition 8/10Intranasal2–4wk

Cerebrolysin

Cerebrolysin is one of the few injectables with genuine neurotrophic credentials — a porcine-derived peptide concentrate that mimics BDNF, NGF, and GDNF signali

Cognition 9/10IM2–4wk

Dihexa

Why Dihexa Gets Attention Dihexa is one of the more interesting compounds to come out of the nootropics world in the last decade — a small-molecule HGF/c-Met

Cognition 7/10Oral4–8wk

P21

P21 sits in a strange spot in the peptide space: it has one of the most serious preclinical dossiers of any nootropic compound — reversal of cognitive aging in

Cognition 7/10SubQ4–12wk

Modafinil

Modafinil earned its reputation the old-fashioned way — it works, and it works cleanly. A single 100–200 mg dose produces 10–12 hours of sharp, sustained wakefu

Cognition 8/10Oral1–12wk

L-Theanine

L-theanine is the cleanest, cheapest tool in the nootropic toolkit — a non-proteinogenic amino acid from green tea that produces "relaxed alertness" without sed

Cognition 6/10Oral

Alpha-GPC

Alpha-GPC has earned a permanent slot in the nootropic and pre-workout canon for one reason: it reliably sharpens focus and bumps neuromuscular output within an

Cognition 7/10Oral1–12wk

Citicoline (CDP-Choline)

Why CDP-Choline Earned Its Spot in the Nootropic Stack Citicoline has become the default choline source for anyone serious about cognition — not because it's

Cognition 7/10Oral4–52wk

Uridine

Why Uridine Earned Its Place in the Nootropic Stack Uridine is one of the quietest, most durable tools in the cognition and mood toolkit. It's not a stimulant

Cognition 6/10Sublingual4–52wk

Phenylpiracetam

Phenylpiracetam sits in a strange and useful niche: it's a racetam by chemistry, but it behaves like a mild, clean dopaminergic stimulant. A phenyl ring bolted

Cognition 8/10Oral1–4wk

Noopept

Noopept earned its reputation in the nootropic community as the workhorse daily — a Russian-designed dipeptide that punches well above its weight on verbal reca

Cognition 7/10Sublingual4–8wk

Supplements

Evidence-backed supplements with measurable physiological effects beyond basic nutrition.

Creatine Monohydrate

Creatine monohydrate is the single most-studied, most-reliable supplement in physique sports — and for good reason. It increases intramuscular phosphocreatine s

Strength 6/10Oral4–520wk

L-Citrulline

Citrulline has quietly become one of the most-used ergogenics in the bodybuilding and looksmaxxing toolkit — not because it's flashy, but because it actually do

Endurance 5/10Oral1–52wk

Beta-Alanine

Beta-alanine is one of the handful of supplements that actually earned its spot in the stack — cheap, well-studied, and genuinely ergogenic in the rep ranges wh

Endurance 6/10Oral4–52wk

Ashwagandha

Ashwagandha is the single most-stacked OTC adaptogen in the bodybuilding and looksmaxxing community, and for good reason — it's one of the few supplements with

Recovery 6/10Oral8–12wk

Tongkat Ali

Tongkat ali has earned a real seat at the table in the natural T-optimization and looksmaxxing world — not as hype, but because the clinical data actually hold

Recovery 4/10Oral8–12wk

Fadogia Agrestis

Fadogia agrestis exploded out of obscurity the moment Andrew Huberman named it on his podcast, and it's now one of the most-bought natural testosterone-support

Muscle 2/10Oral4–8wk

Shilajit

Why Shilajit Earned Its Place in the Stack Shilajit went from obscure Ayurvedic tar to a default daily in looksmaxxing and natty-optimization circles for one

Recovery 4/10Oral8–12wk

Boron

Why Boron Gets a Spot in the Stack Boron is the cheapest, most evidence-backed SHBG modulator you can buy over the counter. At 10 mg/day, it reliably nudges f

Recovery 4/10Oral8–52wk

ZMA

Why ZMA Earned Its Place in the Stack ZMA is one of the oldest, cheapest, and most misunderstood supplements in the physique-focused toolkit. The pitch back i

Recovery 5/10Oral4–52wk

Magnesium Glycinate

Magnesium glycinate is the quiet workhorse of almost every serious health stack — the form of magnesium that physique-focused users, looksmaxxers, and on-cycle

Recovery 6/10Oral4–52wk

Vitamin D3

Vitamin D3 is the cheapest, most boring, most universally-run compound in the bodybuilding and looksmaxxing stack — and that's exactly why it matters. Fix a def

Recovery 4/10Oral8–52wk

Omega-3 (EPA + DHA)

Omega-3 is the rare supplement where the bodybuilding crowd, the cardiology literature, and the longevity people all actually agree — the argument is about dose

Recovery 5/10Oral12–52wk

Ancillaries / PCT

SERMs, aromatase inhibitors, HCG, and liver support — essential for post-cycle recovery and managing steroid side effects.

Enclomiphene Citrate

Enclomiphene has quietly become the default SERM for anyone serious about HPTA recovery, fertility preservation, or running a "natural TRT" protocol instead of

Recovery 7/10Oral4–16wk

Clomiphene Citrate

Clomid has been the backbone of male post-cycle therapy for thirty years, and for good reason — it's cheap, oral, well-studied, and reliably restarts a suppress

Recovery 7/10Oral4–6wk

Nolvadex

Why Nolvadex Earned Its Spot in Every PCT Drawer Nolvadex (tamoxifen citrate) is the default SERM for anyone running suppressive cycles — and for good reason.

Recovery 7/10Oral4–6wk

Anastrozole

Anastrozole — branded Arimidex and widely called "adex" — is the community's default tool for keeping estradiol in check on aromatizing cycles. It's a non-stero

Recovery 3/10Oral4–16wk

Aromasin

Why Aromasin Earned Its Spot in the Toolbox Aromasin (exemestane) is the aromatase inhibitor most experienced users reach for when managing estrogen on cycle

Recovery 3/10Oral4–20wk

Letrozole

Letrozole is the nuclear option in the aromatase-inhibitor toolkit — a third-generation non-steroidal AI that suppresses whole-body estrogen production by over

Recovery 2/10Oral2–12wk

Raloxifene

Raloxifene occupies a very specific slot in the PED toolkit: it's the single most effective oral drug for reversing established gynecomastia. When a nipple nodu

Recovery 3/10Oral4–16wk

Toremifene

Why Toremifene Toremifene is the SERM that physique-focused users reach for when they want tamoxifen's HPTA-restart effect without tamoxifen's HDL crash, clom

Recovery 7/10Oral4–8wk

Cabergoline

Why Cabergoline Earns Its Place in the Drawer Cabergoline is the sharpest tool available for controlling prolactin — and on 19-nor cycles (nandrolone, trenbol

Recovery 4/10Oral2–16wk

Human Chorionic Gonadotropin

Why hCG Earned Its Spot in the Bodybuilding Toolkit hCG is the single most effective tool for keeping the testes functional while exogenous androgens are shut

Recovery 6/10SubQ2–52wk

HMG (Human Menopausal Gonadotropin)

Why HMG Earns Its Place in the Fertility Toolkit HMG is the specialist's tool for one specific problem: restoring spermatogenesis when hCG alone isn't getting

Recovery 5/10SubQ12–24wk

Telmisartan

Telmisartan has quietly become the default on-cycle blood pressure drug in every competent PED community — and not just because it lowers BP. It's the only angi

Recovery 5/10Oral4–52wk

Longevity

Rapamycin, metformin, NAD+ precursors, mitochondrial and senolytic compounds — the anti-aging and healthspan stack.

Epitalon

Epitalon is the synthetic tetrapeptide (Ala-Glu-Asp-Gly) at the center of the longevity-peptide conversation. Developed by Vladimir Khavinson's group in St. Pet

Recovery 5/10SubQ2–12wk

SS-31

SS-31: Mitochondrial Rescue in a Syringe SS-31 (elamipretide) is the most mechanistically clean mitochondrial peptide available to the community right now. It

Recovery 7/10SubQ4–12wk

NAD+

Why NAD+ Matters NAD+ is the cofactor that runs your mitochondria, feeds your sirtuins, and fuels PARP-mediated DNA repair. It declines steadily with age — pa

Recovery 6/10SubQ4–52wk

Methylene Blue

Why Methylene Blue Methylene blue has quietly become one of the most interesting compounds in the longevity and nootropic space — not because it's new (it's b

Cognition 7/10Sublingual4–24wk

DHEA

Why DHEA Still Matters DHEA is the most abundant circulating steroid in the human body, and it's one of the few hormones you can legally buy off a shelf in th

Recovery 4/10Oral (micronized)12–52wk

Pregnenolone

Why Pregnenolone Is Worth Knowing About Pregnenolone is the upstream steroid — the molecule your body converts into DHEA, progesterone, cortisol, testosterone

Cognition 5/10Oral8–12wk

Rapamycin

Rapamycin is the only compound in the longevity toolkit with genuine mammalian lifespan data behind it — the NIA's Interventions Testing Program showed it exten

Recovery 4/10Oral8–52wk

NMN

NMN has become the default NAD⁺ precursor for physique-focused users who want a clean daily baseline for recovery, endurance, and metabolic health. It's not a b

Recovery 5/10Oral8–52wk

Nicotinamide Riboside

Nicotinamide Riboside: What It Actually Does Nicotinamide Riboside (NR) is one of the cleanest, most trial-validated NAD⁺ precursors on the market. Chronic or

Recovery 5/10Oral4–52wk

Resveratrol

Why Resveratrol Still Earns a Spot in the Stack Resveratrol is the polyphenol that launched a thousand longevity stacks — the "red wine molecule" that put sir

Recovery 3/10Oral8–52wk

Spermidine

Why Spermidine Matters Spermidine is one of the quieter entries in the longevity stack — a naturally occurring polyamine found in wheat germ, natto, aged chee

Recovery 4/10Oral12–52wk

Fisetin

Why Fisetin Made It Into Longevity Stacks Fisetin is the flavonoid that actually earned its keep. When the Mayo Clinic screened ten natural compounds head-to-

Recovery 4/10Oral1–52wk

Hair

5-AR inhibitors, topical anti-androgens, and vasodilators for retention, regrowth, and follicle health — finasteride, dutasteride, minoxidil, RU58841, pyrilutamide.

Finasteride

Finasteride is the most battle-tested hair-retention tool in the looksmaxxing and bodybuilding world — and for good reason. A single 1 mg tablet knocks scalp DH

Recovery 1/10Oral52–520wk

Dutasteride

Dutasteride earned its reputation in the hair-retention community as the heavier-hitting cousin of finasteride — a dual 5α-reductase inhibitor that crushes seru

Recovery 1/10Oral24–260wk

Minoxidil

Minoxidil is the most reliable hair-growth driver the looksmaxxing community has. Originally a 1970s oral antihypertensive, its hypertrichosis "side effect" tur

Recovery 1/10Topical + Oral (stacked)52–520wk

RU58841

RU58841 has become the backbone of serious hair-defense stacks in the looksmaxxing and AAS communities — and for good reason. It's a pure topical androgen recep

Recovery 1/10Topical16–260wk

Pyrilutamide

Pyrilutamide (KX-826) is the topical androgen receptor antagonist the hair-loss world has been waiting on for half a decade — and in March 2026 it finally hit i

Recovery 1/10Topical24–260wk

Clascoterone

Why Clascoterone Matters Clascoterone is the first topical androgen receptor antagonist with real Phase 3 data behind it — the molecule that finally drags the

Recovery 2/10Topical12–52wk

Bimatoprost

Why Bimatoprost Earned Its Spot in the Looksmaxxing Stack Bimatoprost is the most effective topical we have for growing longer, thicker, darker eyelashes and

Recovery 1/10Topical12–52wk

GT20029

GT20029 is the first topical AR PROTAC to reach late-stage clinical trials for androgenetic alopecia — and the first genuinely novel mechanism in the hair-loss

Recovery 1/10Topical16–52wk

AHK-Cu

AHK-Cu is the copper tripeptide that the hair-retention side of the looksmaxxing community reaches for when the goal is specifically follicle trophism — not ski

Recovery 3/10Topical12–52wk

Skin & Topicals

Retinoids, topical anti-androgens for acne, melanocortin agonists, and prostaglandin analogues — tretinoin, isotretinoin, clascoterone, melanotan, bimatoprost.

Melanotan-1

Melanotan-1 is the grown-up version of the tanning peptide category. Unlike its cousin MT-2 — which the community tolerates for its potency but fights against f

Recovery 1/10SubQ2–12wk

Melanotan II

Melanotan II has carved out a permanent spot in the looksmaxxing toolkit for one reason: it reliably produces a deep, year-round tan at doses most users tolerat

Fat Loss 1/10SubQ2–6wk

Tretinoin

Tretinoin is the gold standard of topical skin work and the single highest-ROI aesthetic intervention in the looksmaxxing toolkit. It's the active carboxylic-ac

Recovery 1/10Topical12–520wk

Isotretinoin

Why Isotretinoin Earned Its Reputation Isotretinoin is the single most effective acne drug ever developed — the only compound that shuts down all four drivers

Recovery 1/10Oral4–24wk

Glutathione

Glutathione for Skin: What It Actually Does Glutathione has earned its place in the looksmaxxing toolkit as the go-to compound for skin brightening and even t

Recovery 4/10Oral (liposomal)8–16wk

OS-01

OS-01: The First Clinically-Validated Topical Senotherapeutic OS-01 is the skin-longevity community's first real senomorphic — a short peptide that doesn't ju

Recovery 4/10Topical12–52wk

SNAP-8

SNAP-8: The Topical SNARE-Mimetic for Expression Lines SNAP-8 has carved out a specific niche in the looksmaxxing topical stack: it's the non-injectable lever

Recovery 1/10Topical4–52wk

Sexual Health

PDE5 inhibitors and melanocortin-pathway peptides for erectile function and libido — tadalafil, sildenafil, PT-141.

PT-141

PT-141 occupies a specific corner of the bodybuilding and looksmaxxing toolkit: it's the one libido tool that works upstream of hormones and blood flow. Because

Cognition 2/10SubQ

Tadalafil

Tadalafil has quietly become one of the most-used "silent add-ons" in serious physique circles — not for its on-label ED indication, but for what a daily 5 mg t

Recovery 4/10Oral4–52wk

Sildenafil

Sildenafil earned its place in the bodybuilding and looksmaxxing toolkit long before most users cared about its original indication. Yes, it's the original PDE5

Endurance 3/10Oral

Oxytocin

Why Oxytocin Earned Its Place in the Sexual Stack Oxytocin is the neuropeptide the looksmaxxing and PED-using community reaches for when the vascular and cent

Cognition 5/10Intranasal4–8wk

Other

Compounds that don't fit cleanly into the other buckets — research chemicals, niche pharmacological tools, and miscellaneous performance/health agents.

Follistatin-344

Follistatin-344 occupies a specific, interesting niche in the physique-enhancement toolkit: it's a peptide used to coax growth in a stubborn, lagging muscle tha