WarpMyMind

I have a teenage son who is interested into bodybuilding. Would it be safe to allow him to use hypnosis, such as MNFriendly Guy's Muscle Pig series, the Muscle Growth file on hypno-files or even Curse Muscle Bound?

Probably not, both medically and ethically speaking. Hypnosis can seriously screw up a person if you are not careful. Hypnosis on adolescents probably is not advisable since their brain chemistry is often imbalanced enough as is. Even though they may appear to be average on the surface, they may have something else going on inside which can cause effects to sort of skew in unwanted directions. Ethically, putting any minor under trance, for any reason could be seen as being rather dubious behavior. Even if the purpose of the trance is not anything sexual or forced, by being put into trance, the trancee still ends up being put into a state of compliance, and will probably find themselves easier to be put into trance by other things, or more willing to perform secondary behaviors. Then again, if the teen has authority issues, they may not even be able to accept the words of the tist.

If your teen is interested in body building, no hypnosis is needed, just let them do their thing and the act itself should be enough to get results. Working out can be a rather addictive activity in itself, combined with the natural hormones of aging, and the confidence which comes from it, not much else is needed. These files, at least as I understand them, are aimed more at adults who may not be as motivated as they would like to be. Hypnosis usually works on perceptions, so even those files which are aimed at speeding up muscle growth may only be perceived growth, and not actual, so may not help on that end. As these files contain other aspects which might not be wanted, like hair loss, that too is more reason not to use them.