In 1989’s Back to the Future 2, Doc Brown tells Marty McFly that while visiting the future of 2015, he swung by a rejuvenation clinic and “added a good 30 to 40 years to my life.”
Well, in 2023, such a thing exists — sort of — and it isn’t cheap.
The Wall Street Journal is reporting on so-called longevity clinics, which promise to turn back the clock and add years to your life, for as much as $100,000 for a treatment.
Through the use of stem cell treatments, weight loss therapies and numerous other procedures, the clinics’ clientele insist whatever they’re charged is worth it.
That said, many of these clinics — there are as many as 800 in the States, the Journal says — aren’t regulated.
Dr. Andrea Maier, who is seeking to codify medical standards around longevity medicine, tells the paper, “It’s not a regulated market. Anybody who is treating your toenails can say they’re contributing to longevity.” She runs a longevity clinic in Singapore that offers therapies backed by human trials.
Still, the paper reports the clientele is so willing to beat Father Time, they’re willing to roll the dice outside the medical mainstream. And the clientele is getting younger, with some patients in their 20s.