Real-Life Incredible Hulk? - Bodybuilder Risks Life By Injecting Oil & Alcohol Into His Muscles

A 25-year old Father-of-one, Romario Dos Santos Alves, who modelled himself the new 'Incredible Hulk' has risked his life by injecting oil and alcohol into his arms – and almost had both amputated. He used the potentially lethal cocktail to pump up his biceps to 25in and he now faces a catalogue of serious health issues. The former bodyguard said using the synthetic filler synthol cost him his sanity and nearly his life as he tried to kill himself when his wife was six months pregnant.

He said his swollen muscles terrify children in his hometown of Caldas Novas in Brazil and they call him a 'beast' and a 'monster'.

'If you take it once there will definitely be a second time - it's addictive. I remember the doctor told me that they would need to amputate both arms - they said everything in there, all my muscles, were rock. I want other people to see the dangers, I could have died all because I wanted bigger muscles. It's just not worth it.' 

Mr Alves became obsessed with the drug after moving from his hometown to Goiania in Brazil three years ago.

'I saw some really big guys in the gym with huge arms and I started to make friends with them. They introduced me to synthol and I got excited about the results - I lost control. My muscles started to solidify and I couldn't even inject my arms - they were full of rocks. I decided the only thing I could do was buy specialist needles to inject. The kind of needles used on bulls - there are no stronger needles around - I know it seems stupid but I had to get my synthol fix.'

But he also receives praise and adulation for his incredible physique which made it even harder for him to kick the addiction.

'One time when I was working as a bodyguard in a party the girls started to get wasted and were trying to take my shirt off to see my body. Sometimes kids will come up to me and say that I look like the Incredible Hulk and hug me and have their photo taken with me. I really like that as I modelled my body on the Incredible Hulk.'

He has not used the substance for two years but other muscle enhancing drugs still tempt him from time to time.

Source: Mailonline