What did @delta.ecommerce actually say?
Honestly, it's hard to say. The transcript from this video is nearly incomprehensible, a string of fragmented sentences about companies, legality, and dollar amounts that don't connect into any coherent argument. The creator mentions "illegal" at one point and references "bacwater" (bacteriostatic water) and GHK-Cu in the hashtags, but the spoken content doesn't deliver a clear claim about either.
What we can reasonably infer from the hashtags and the response context is that this video was meant to address questions about importing peptides, specifically GHK-Cu, into Brazil via platforms like Shopee. Whether it actually did that is unclear from the transcript alone. We'll evaluate what's actually knowable about those topics.
Does the science back this up?
GHK-Cu (copper peptide GHK) does have legitimate research behind it, but the evidence base is much thinner than online peptide communities suggest. Most human data is limited to topical formulations, not injectable peptides.
Pickart and Margolina (2018, Cosmetics) reviewed GHK-Cu's role in skin remodeling, wound healing signaling, and anti-inflammatory gene expression. That's real science. But these were largely in vitro and animal studies. A 2019 review by Gorouhi and Maibach in Skin Pharmacology and Physiology found that topical copper peptides showed modest improvements in photoaged skin, but injectable GHK-Cu in humans has no robust randomized controlled trial data supporting the claims circulating on TikTok.
Bacteriostatic water as a reconstitution agent for peptides is a legitimate practice in clinical settings. The problem is that "bacwater" sold through informal import channels has no sterility verification that a consumer can reasonably confirm.
What did they get wrong (or right)?
Because the transcript is largely incoherent, we can't pin a specific wrong claim on this video. What we can say is that the framing around importing unregulated peptides through e-commerce platforms like Shopee is a genuine consumer safety issue, and any video that doesn't address that directly is doing viewers a disservice.
Importing unapproved peptides into Brazil without ANVISA authorization is not a gray area. Brazil's ANVISA classifies most injectable peptides as controlled or unapproved substances for consumer sale. "I don't know if there's any which's illegal" is not a satisfactory answer to that question, whether the creator meant it that way or not.
If the creator was trying to say that sourcing peptides through informal import channels carries legal and safety risks, that would actually be accurate. But we can't give credit for a claim that wasn't made clearly.
What should you actually know?
If you're in Brazil and you're watching videos about importing GHK-Cu and bacteriostatic water through Shopee, here's what the evidence and the regulatory picture actually look like.
- GHK-Cu has real preclinical data supporting roles in wound healing and collagen synthesis, but no approved injectable form exists in most markets, including Brazil.
- Bacteriostatic water is a pharmaceutical product. Versions sold through informal online marketplaces have not been verified for sterility by any regulatory body you can hold accountable.
- ANVISA regulates peptide imports strictly. Buying through platforms like Shopee does not put you in a legal or safety-equivalent position to a pharmaceutical supply chain.
- The peptide community's enthusiasm for GHK-Cu is running well ahead of the clinical trial data. That doesn't mean the science is worthless, it means the risk-benefit calculation belongs with a licensed provider, not a TikTok comment section.
Any telehealth or wellness platform telling you otherwise is not being straight with you.