Kate Tolo Says Her Quest to Be ‘the Female Bryan Johnson’ Is ‘for Women’
The doctor recommended Tolo have a laparoscopy, an invasive surgical procedure required to get an official diagnosis and remove endometriosis tissue. But she refused: “I wasn’t going to undergo an invasive surgical procedure, or cut myself open,” she says. “That just wasn’t an option for me.”Then in early 2026, Tolo started developing a concierge health service with her boyfriend Bryan Johnson, the technologist-cum-multimillionaire-cum-biohacker known for his quest to become immortal via rigid self-optimization and wellness protocols.
- ▪The doctor recommended Tolo have a laparoscopy, an invasive surgical procedure required to get an official diagnosis and remove endometriosis tissue.
- ▪But she refused: “I wasn’t going to undergo an invasive surgical procedure, or cut myself open,” she says.
- ▪“That just wasn’t an option for me.”Then in early 2026, Tolo started developing a concierge health service with her boyfriend Bryan Johnson, the technologist-cum-multimillionaire-cum-biohacker known for his quest to become immortal via rigi
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Ej Dickson CultureSep 23, 2026 6:30 AMKate Tolo Says Her Quest to Be ‘the Female Bryan Johnson’ Is ‘for Women’Like her biohacking boyfriend, Tolo is undergoing a grueling regimen of tests—from tracking nighttime erections to subjecting herself to extreme heat on her period—in service of “half the population.”Photograph: Magdalena WosinskaCommentLoaderSave StorySave this storyCommentLoaderSave StorySave this storyKate Tolo got her first period at 13—an experience she says left her lying prostrate on the floor, debilitated by cramps and breaking out into a full-body sweat.When she told her dad why she was home from school early, she remembers him saying, “We don’t talk about that female stuff.” Then he walked away.For most of her teenage years, that was how Tolo thought about her period—as…
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