Rejuvenation therapy side effects

LupusDei

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So, suppose, it finally happened, someone cracked the code of aging, and a therapy is rolling out, hastily, because of crowd financing by predominantly highly motivated sponsorship - the dream about second youth is one of, if not the very, most universal one. Also, it isn't nowhere cheap, but still surprisingly affordable.

'Reverse Aging Agent' is a designer virus, tweaked uniquely for every client automatically. It is easy procedure, sign a paper you take part in experiment -- and take all the risks yourself; give a heap of analyses; a bit of wait; then just one shot, and you are set to experience your body mold back to anywhere in 15-20 year range physically, as much as possible. No, you can't 'just lose twenty years' as end-of-process triggers have to fire, and that's the oldest they found any workable ones.

While it is expected to radically increase life expectancy, real long-long time effects are still anyone's best guess, but it certainly does what is advertised, and at very least beat any cosmetic procedure to date. "At least I will die looking young" is a popular slogan between early adopters.

Minor body adjustments are theoretical possibility, but are not fully understood, certainly nothing too extreme is expected, it is just that you may not return exactly to your eighteen year old self as you remember it, but more likely to some minor variation of it. Also, it doesn't offer universal regeneration, lost limbs will not regrow, only some minor damage can repair, but within natural healing limits.

Loss of body fat is expected, but mostly associated with severely heightened metabolism during the transformation, and not likely permanent if not kept in check after. Also, rigorous exercising regime during the process is highly advised, even required, to reap the best benefits of it.

Transformation process may have highly variable time frame. Some positive cosmetic changes usually kick in within weeks, while the whole transformation will not settle down for well over a year or even longer, but generally they speak about months of relative distress, as far unwelcome side effects are concerned. It is advertised to be potentially uncomfortable but manageable.

Said side effects include, among others: oversensitive, easily irritable skin, dislocated itching, tingling, crawling sensations, even pain; hormonal disbalance, mood swings; heightened libido.

Should I rephrase? Clothing feels borderline uncomfortable and you're constantly horny, and you look your best in years and better by the day, and you're pressured to exercise, and that's just the start of it.

Is there a hideous plan behind the scenes, as fear mongering nutcases try to convince? Is it really devilishly amoral choice as religious freaks are screaming?

Well, while there is a lot that could go badly wrong, we are more interested in rather typical naughty escapades of someone undergoing this therapy successfully.

As far what-ifs goes, what if the thing mutates, probably when two unlikely strands meet while their hosts are screwing, and the result escapes in the wild, so unsuspecting people contract some version, perhaps limited in effects, but for even longer if not even permanent effects?

Yes this is yet another attempt to construct transition to world dominated by casual nudity and, perhaps free sex.
 
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