Bodybuilder who injects oil into muscles to bulk up shares before-and-after photos

A 48-year-old Brazilian man has revealed his astounding transformation from a scrawny teen to a massive muscled man all thanks to potentially fatal injections of synthol. Valdir Segato of Sao Paulo shared photos on Instagram showing his progression, ranging from early black-and-white photos of his youth to more recent images of the bodybuilder with

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A 48-year-old Brazilian man has revealed his astounding transformation from a scrawny teen to a massive muscled man — all thanks to potentially fatal injections of synthol.

Valdir Segato of Sao Paulo shared photos on Instagram showing his progression, ranging from early black-and-white photos of his youth to more recent images of the bodybuilder with gargantuan arms and pecks.

Segato was already a formidable weightlifter before he began the dangerous synthol injections in 2013, Jam Press reported, but his biceps exploded to a watermelon-sized 23 inches after he started pumping himself with the lethal chemical cocktail in his chest, bicep and shoulders.

Synthol usually consists of a mixture of oil, benzyl alcohol and lidocaine that overzealous gym enthusiasts and wannabe models use to jack up their assets, but doctors are sounding the alarm on the unsanctioned substance. According to experts, using synthol can cause nerve damage, infections, ulcers, strokes and lead to amputation and death.

While a few of the 25,900 followers of his Instagram account, @valdir_synthol_, are praising Segato with comparisons to the Incredible Hulk, others are slamming the practice and accusing him of using Photoshop to exaggerate his body.

In one post, he writes, “I bathe with cinthol soap (a brand particularly popular in India) and inject synthol into my body,” according to Jam Press.

Social media has drawn much attention to the risky practice. Bodybuilding influencers all over the world have touted the fraudulent filler for helping them achieve their desired physiques, but many have faced life-altering consequences as a result.

Last month, 23-year-old Russian bodybuilder Kirill Tereshin, dubbed “Popeye” by the media, went under the knife to have some three-pounds of synthol oil, clotted blood and “scar tissue with fragments of muscles” removed from his arms. His surgeon, Dr. Dmitry Melnikov of Sechenov Moscow State Medical University, added that Tereshin was “lucky” to be alive.

“We have seen petroleum jelly injected into breasts, buttocks and other parts of the female body,” said Melnikov. “We are warning that it is extremely dangerous.”

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