Simon Cowell says he's ‘aging backwards’ thanks to controversial blood-rinsing procedure

Simon Cowell is opening up astir the unconventional wellness process that helium claims is helping him property backwards — 1 that "rinses" and "filters" his humor earlier returning it to his body.

Although the euphony mogul, 66, didn’t specify which peculiar process helium undergoes, the statement is akin to apheresis, which is simply a aesculapian process that draws humor from the body, spins it to abstracted and region definite elements, past returns it to the body, according to Cleveland Clinic.

"I spell to this place, this wellness clinic, wherever they really instrumentality your blood, they rinse it, they filter it and past they enactment it backmost into your body," Cowell, 66, told The Sun successful the interview. "You bash each these tests, and they archer you your age, truthful I’ve really aged backwards by eating better, much exercise, little accent and definite supplements. My encephalon is inactive there, I inactive person the energy."

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The "X Factor" justice has antecedently shared different procedures helium has undergone, including filler and Botox, but stated successful 2022 that helium "might person gone a spot excessively far" and has since stopped getting filler.

"For maine now, a batch of it comes down to steadfast eating and drinking tons of water," helium told The Sun astatine the time.

Simon Cowell admitted to getting a batch of treatments done, including a placenta facial. (Photo by PG/Bauer-Griffin/GC Images)

What to cognize astir humor treatments

EBOO — which stands for extracorporeal humor oxygenation and ozonation — is an alternate wellness attraction successful which a person’s humor is circulated extracurricular the body, exposed to medical-grade ozone and oxygen, tally done a filter and past returned to the bloodstream, according to clinics that connection the service.

While older forms of ozone therapy person been utilized to dainty autoimmune conditions, the newer EBOO method has been touted for imaginable anti-aging benefits — though experts pass that grounds of its effectiveness is lacking.

"I spell to this place, this wellness clinic, wherever they really instrumentality your blood, they rinse it, they filter it and past they enactment it backmost into your body," Cowell, 66, told The Sun successful the interview. (Sami Drasin/NBC via Getty Images)

Ralph Montague, longevity adept from The Longevity Clinic successful London, shared with Fox News Digital wherefore this process is gaining attraction arsenic a imaginable longevity-booster.

"Celebrities person turned to EBOO, which filters the humor utilizing precocious technology, helping them to property backwards," helium said. "For galore people, it’s not astir adding a fewer years to their beingness — it's astir surviving healthier and better."

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Montague claimed that EBOO has been shown to summation vigor and boost the immune system, portion improving temper and sleep.

"Many radical who bash this besides picture the improvements successful intelligence clarity, temper stableness and wide well-being," helium added.

Risks and regulations

Montague noted that the EBOO attraction is not for everyone.

"Those who person blood-clotting oregon bleeding disorders are typically advised to enactment distant from this aesculapian method, arsenic there's a imaginable that it could summation the hazard of clotting happening," helium warned.

"It’s fundamentally a ‘reset’ for the bloodstream."

Ozone therapy tin besides make oxidative stress, which whitethorn pb to the breaking down of reddish humor cells, according to Montague. 

People with G6PD deficiency — a hereditary enzyme deficiency that makes reddish humor cells much fragile and much easy damaged — are particularly susceptible to this, truthful they should debar treatments similar ozone therapy, helium said.

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"Those with bosom problems are besides advised to get proposal from a doc beforehand, peculiarly those who person had a caller bosom onslaught oregon been diagnosed with terrible bosom failure, arsenic this attraction tin displacement humor unit levels," Montague noted.

"There's besides insufficient grounds that this is good to bash for those who are large oregon breastfeeding, and it's amended to beryllium harmless than atrocious if you're successful that category."

Dr. Brett Osborn, a Florida neurosurgeon and longevity adept (pictured with his squad astatine Senolytix), offers "therapeutic apheresis," which separates and filters humor plasma portion returning the reddish humor cells to the patient.  (Senolytix)

The attraction should lone beryllium performed successful aesculapian environments aft getting consent from a doctor.

The Food and Drug Administration lone approves apheresis (blood filtering) devices for circumstantial aesculapian indications, specified arsenic autoimmune disorders, definite humor cancers and plasma speech for circumstantial diseases.

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They are not approved for anti-aging, detox, microplastics removal oregon wellness purposes.

"The instrumentality is not FDA-approved for the attraction of immoderate illness oregon condition," the Department of Health and Human Services confirmed to Fox News Digital.

Doctors measurement in

Medical experts wide caution that ozone-based humor cleansing procedures stay unregulated, unproven and perchance unsafe. 

Dr. Marc Siegel, Fox News elder aesculapian analyst, warns against these procedures, calling them "dangerous."

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"The process could hemolyze reddish humor cells, starring to organ damage, humor clots and different issues," helium told Fox News Digital.

"I’m besides acrophobic astir metabolic derangements (abnormalities oregon disruptions) that could occur, including precocious potassium."

EBOO is an alternate wellness attraction successful which a person’s humor is circulated extracurricular the body, exposed to medical-grade ozone and oxygen, tally done a filter and past returned to the bloodstream. (iStock)

Siegel said helium believes these treatments are "ineffective" and don’t person immoderate effect connected the gait of aging, noting that the liver and kidneys are designed to people filter waste.

Other doctors are proponents of the technique, including Dr. Brett Osborn, a Florida neurosurgeon and longevity expert. At Osborn’s longevity practice, Senolytix, helium offers "therapeutic apheresis," which separates and filters humor plasma portion returning the reddish humor cells to the patient. 

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"It’s fundamentally a ‘reset’ for the bloodstream, removing inflammatory proteins, antibodies and different harmful factors," helium told Fox News Digital.

Some imaginable benefits see little humor pressure, reduced robust load (a almighty oxidant believed to accelerate the aging process) and reduced inflammatory cytokines, according to the doctor.

"Nutrition, spot training, slumber and accent mitigation stay the instauration of longevity."

Osborn agreed that this signifier should beryllium performed by physicians to guarantee safety.

"The main hazard is mild — transient hypotension from a alleged ‘citrate reaction’ — which we show for and dainty immediately," helium said. "Otherwise, modern apheresis is simply a well-established aesculapian process utilized to dainty autoimmune, neurological and metabolic diseases."

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While the process tin region inflammatory cells that thrust aging and chronic disease, Osborn said it’s not a "magic bullet" — and not a replacement for idiosyncratic responsibility.

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"Nutrition, spot training, slumber and accent mitigation stay the instauration of longevity," helium said. "But successful a satellite wherever Americans progressively question proactive, preventive care, plasma filtering represents a modern refinement of an past aesculapian instinct."

Fox News Digital reached retired to Simon Cowell's representatives for comment.