Tracy Kiss, 38, from Buckinghamshire, was suffering from aches and pains and could not walk without feeling faint. She now spends up to £2,000 a month on her treatments
A mum spends up to £2,000-a-month to stay young and says she is mistaken for her 18-year-old’s sister thanks to oxygen chambers and light therapy. Biohacking enthusiast Tracy Kiss, 38, transformed her life after feeling like she looked like an ’80-year-old’ and ‘burnt out’ when she was just 25.
The single mum-of-two was suffering aches and pains, and could not walk without feeling faint. She increased her calories to over 3,000 a day, and started weight training daily.
After some wellbeing and aesthetics courses, Tracy turned to biohacking and swapped 12 years of using fillers and Botox for blood filtration, oxygen chambers, and light therapy.
She claims it has made her feel youthful, and she is always being ID’d for alcohol and mistaken for her 18-year-old daughter’s sister. She spends up to £2,000 a month on her treatments, averaging £1,000 a month.
Tracy, a content creator from High Wycombe, Buckinghamshire, said: “Biohacking is like being reborn. I renew my cells so I look naturally young.
“To be honest, self love was the key. I don’t want to brag, I just want to be the change I’d like to see. A lot of beauty is about airbrushing, but I’ve fixed my ageing from the roots, so I just glow naturally.
“And I’m really strong. I can hike mountains, lift weights, climb trees, and do pullups and flip overs on the side of my house. A lot of my friends my age get told they look about 43, but I get ID’d. It’s very funny.
“People are always really surprised when they realise I’m my daughter’s mum. I realised my lifestyle was winning when I could carry a grown man on my shoulders and beat him in running races, he’d be exhausted and I’d have so much energy.
“Age 25 I was totally burned out. I was mentally, physically, and emotionally broken. I needed to get back on my feet, I had two children to look after. Biohacking makes your age really just a number. My age in years bears no relation to the age of my cells.”
Tracy began experiencing burnout following the arrival of her son, 13, in April 2012. She suffers from a condition called Ehlers-Danlos Syndrome (EDS) – a group of inherited connective tissue disorders which leaves her intolerant to numerous foods.
She attempted to exercise but just one press up or 10 seconds of cardio caused her to faint. Tracy said: “I was crying myself to sleep. I worried constantly about what would happen to my children if I died. I decided to make myself as strong as I could mentally and physically.”
The vegan completely transformed her lifestyle – changing to a diet of curry and rice for breakfast, lunch, and dinner with porridge and protein shakes in between. She took up bodybuilding, and studied mindfulness and other wellness techniques.
She embraced Buddhism, and incorporated yoga and meditation into her daily routine in 2017. She said: “Just learning to close off my mind so that I could sleep made such a difference. Stress is so harmful for our bodies.”
Tracy, who had been using Botox and fillers since her early 20s, decided to abandon the treatments after studying aesthetics and understanding the risks and side effects.
She warned: “Fillers can expand years after they’re put in and you can end up looking swollen. Basically it’s all a quick fix, but your body is still ageing. Ultimately fillers and Botox will end up pulling your face down. You end up looking like a corpse.”
In an effort to make her body feel younger, Tracy turned to biohacking. She started using a special sleeping-bag red-light therapy sauna two years ago. To combat the harmful effects of pollution on her body, she began visiting oxygen chambers every two months – costing up to £500 a session, once a month.
She said: “I come out with so much energy, nothing aches, everything is effortless. You can go in a tank, or just pop on a mask, and you can get all your emails done.”
Now, Tracy uses LED therapy to combat damage to her skin, lying on a special £1,000 LED blanket three times a week. She explained: “It boosts your body’s natural ability to regrow and replenish. Different frequencies get to different layers of your skin.”
Recently, Tracy embarked on three sessions of EBOO blood filtration, costing £1,400 each, to detox her blood. This involves withdrawing blood and passing it through a filtration device.
“It’s incredible”, she exclaimed. “I went to the gym and thought the machines were broken everything was so easy.”
She sips herbal teas, mushroom coffee, and adaptogen supplements rather than energy drinks. Tracy explained: “Biohacking is like putting plant food on your flowers. You take what is naturally there and boost it. It’s like hitting rewind on the clock of life.”