Red/Pinkish Undertone?

[akdevilhunter]

What sould i take to get the red/pinkish undertone, right now i have olive undertone, should i take lycopene, astaxanthin, or any other recommendations?

 

[milkjar]

people actually cope about this stuff lol?

 

[over0]

Just inject

 

[dipenhydramine]

Just inject

fent or heroin

 

[Genetics]

Ask god to respawn with more pheomelanin!

 

[over0]

fent or heroin

Both ideally

 

[akdevilhunter]

people actually cope about this stuff lol?

coloring is law

 

[akdevilhunter]

Just inject

inject what

 

[vespertine]

lycopene won't make your skin red. lycopene is a linear tetraterpene without beta-ionone rings, while beta-carotene has cyclic end groups. the rings influence how they insert into lipids and interact with fat cells. beta-carotene’s rings make it more likely to orient in ways that scatter light and change skin hue visibly - lycopene doesn't have this. lycopene is good for skin, but it's effect on hue is negligible.

furthermore, even though lycopene does deposit in fat, it accumulates more in internal organs than in the subcutaneous layer. i don't know exactly why.

even if you're consuming a ton of lycopene and its making it to the fat beneath your skin, human skin is already slightly red due to hemoglobin. red pigments don’t change the perceived color as dramatically as yellow pigments on pale to medium skin.

astaxanthin has the same spectral issues as lycopene(not interacting much with the pigment of human skin.) unlike beta-carotene (non-polar) and lycopene (linear and non-cyclic), astaxanthin is amphipathic. it has both lipophilic and polar ends.

it's even less likely to give you the red tone desired. it doesn't accumulate in the fat beneath the skin, rather things like the muscles and eyes.

the only real way to naturally make human skin red is a sunburn.

 

[over0]

inject what

Malanotan would help I think

 

[vespertine]

Malanotan would help I think

melanotan won't make skin redder but it will make it blacker

 

[alkobarti]

lycopene won't make your skin red. lycopene is a linear tetraterpene without beta-ionone rings, while beta-carotene has cyclic end groups. the rings influence how they insert into lipids and interact with fat cells. beta-carotene’s rings make it more likely to orient in ways that scatter light and change skin hue visibly - lycopene doesn't have this. lycopene is good for skin, but it's effect on hue is negligible.

furthermore, even though lycopene does deposit in fat, it accumulates more in internal organs than in the subcutaneous layer. i don't know exactly why.

even if you're consuming a ton of lycopene and its making it to the fat beneath your skin, human skin is already slightly red due to hemoglobin. red pigments don’t change the perceived color as dramatically as yellow pigments on pale to medium skin.

astaxanthin has the same spectral issues as lycopene(not interacting much with the pigment of human skin.) unlike beta-carotene (non-polar) and lycopene (linear and non-cyclic), astaxanthin is amphipathic. it has both lipophilic and polar ends.

it's even less likely to give you the red tone desired. it doesn't accumulate in the fat beneath the skin, rather things like the muscles and eyes.

the only real way to naturally make human skin red is a sunburn.

What about something like equipoise and other roids (test, etc) for increasing RBC?

 

[vespertine]

What about something like equipoise and other roids (test, etc) for increasing RBC?

even substantial increases in hematocrit(volume of RBS in blood) mainly make blood darker and more viscous, not more visibly red under skin. the skin has a baseline pinkish-red tone from normal capillary perfusion.

with very high RBC count to the point where it does impact color, its mainly impacting areas with thinner skin like the cheeks and skin. but these cases are pathological. super high RBC count causes issues with circulation and clotting.

if your blood flow isn't already optimized, fixing it could help, but not dramatically.

 

[alkobarti]

even substantial increases in hematocrit(volume of RBS in blood) mainly make blood darker and more viscous, not more visibly red under skin. the skin has a baseline pinkish-red tone from normal capillary perfusion.

with very high RBC count to the point where it does impact color, its mainly impacting areas with thinner skin like the cheeks and skin. but these cases are pathological. super high RBC count causes issues with circulation and clotting.

if your blood flow isn't already optimized, fixing it could help, but not dramatically.

Interesting so I guess for the most part even "appearing" with a redder hue (cooler undertone look) isn't really possible then right? Also wdym by optimized here with respect to the blood flow?

 

[vespertine]

Interesting so I guess for the most part even "appearing" with a redder hue (cooler undertone look) isn't really possible then right? Also wdym by optimized here with respect to the blood flow?

correct.

if you have poor circulation(which could be due to a number of things like stress, lack of sleep, cold), if you have anemia, or if you're deficient in certain nutrients like vitamin B12 or iron than that can show up as paler skin.