When Fake Muscles Go Wrong

let's face it WeMo got insecurities about our bodies but for some people the ways they try and fix them holy make things worse much worse now let's not be quick to judge anyone but hopefully there's a lesson or two we can learn from their mistakes so built up rookie we've got everything from Boulder biceps to exploding butt cheeks to get through I'm already out of breath and this is only the warm-up alright let's find out what happens when fake muscles go wrong [Music] synth Vestal Stallone when it comes to the perfect male physique everyone has

their own ideals whether that's Tyler Durden Arnold Schwarzenegger or like this Brazilian man your favorite 80s Action Hero but he's less Rambo and more RAM oh no see despite most of this guy's body looking average and healthy his biceps are horribly inflamed and infected we don't know for sure what happened as there is very little information out there about him but he was almost definitely using something called Synthol and lots of it Synthol is a grotesque mixture of oil painkillers and alcohol that bodybuilders sometimes inject into their muscles to make them look extra swole before

competitions but some people like our Brazilian friend here have all the gear and no idea he's used it as a kind of cheat code to look super jacked without shifting any iron at all unsurprisingly pumping your arms with a load of slimy cocktail really isn't good for you there's the obvious muscle deformities which which don't exactly scream Peak aesthetic to me but there's also increased risk of nerve damage infections and much worse sheesh well I hope his big arms make him happy at least he's modeled himself after Sylvester Stallone because his future might get a

little rocky Candice get any worse hold the phone if Synthol is so dangerous why bother well because it has potentially fewer side effects than the alternative anabolic steroids these are medicines often misused by bodybuilders to enhance their muscle growth unlike Synthol they do actually stimulate real growth but their side effects can be severe something Candace Armstrong from London UK knows all too well Candace suffered with terrible body dysmorphia a mental condition where you get hung up on perceived bodily flaws that realistically no one else would notice so she began working out to improve her self-image

after two years of daily three-hour workouts however she still wasn't happy she wanted better faster progress one of her fellow gemgoers recommended Trenbolone Trenbolone is an anabolic steroid that works by mimicking natural hormones like testosterone and human growth hormone or HGH it boosts muscle growth by increasing how much protein your body can abuse orb and generates large amounts of muscle tissue sure enough the more Candice took the bigger she grew and the less insecure she felt great right but her body responded to this spike in hormones in a truly shocking way only a few weeks

after starting her new regime Candace began growing facial and body hair and her voice became deeper what yep because Trenbolone mimics testosterone the male sex hormone it can very literally make women more masculine for Candace these changes started off gradual however after two years of Trenbolone use Candace was almost unrecognizable from her past self she's even taken to wearing men's clothes to escape the abuse she was getting on the street dang that's horrible last I found Candace was seeking professional help to manage Her Image issues I sure hope she's feeling better now she's been through

a lot Me Softly the world of Fitness influencers has become super competitive in recent years but Russian army veteran Carol tereschen has taken Extreme Measures to keep an arm in the race and I don't think you've seen an arm quite like this KIRO also known as Russian Popeye started injecting Synthol into his arms at the age of 20. after four years of pursuing his ideal male physique which is apparently the Discord logo he had to undergo emergency surgery to remove excess fluid and dead muscle from his triceps oh I'm gonna barf despite this there's still

a huge lump of petroleum jelly in his bicep which he refused to have removed in fact he's only gone further with his surge of body modifications Carol briefly switched his attention to his legs getting silicone implants in his calves hmm I used to have one of those in my school pencil case and that's not all it gets even more Extreme as a lifelong fan of extraterrestrials kiro's current plan is to turn him self into one so he shaped his jaw forehead cheeks and lips to appear as otherworldly as possible well we can all agree he's

achieved that there's definitely an outer space outer face joke here somewhere but I just can't bring myself to make it a couple of things that really shouldn't be alien to you though are those like And subscribe buttons so go ahead and make first contact with them unless you don't want a constant flow of amazing content of course alright then let's get back to the video absolutely awful can we agree the 2000s were a weird and unsettling time from beer wraps and frosted tips to all of these Shrek themed Foods it really was a dumpster fire

but one of the most disturbing things was the invasive and bullying Paparazzi culture so in one of its Pioneers Darren Lyons was caught on the other side of the camera people were quick to give him a taste of his own medicine when appearing on the British reality TV show Celebrity Big Brother in 2011 one part of Darren's body seemed to be disproportionately toned compared to the rest and he certainly wasn't keeping those architectural abdominals Under Wraps either but then if I'd coughed up almost fifteen thousand dollars on them I'd be showing off the goods too

see Darren wasn't grinding out crunches and sit-ups every morning he'd flown to Poland for a muscle sculpting operation that removed most of the fad between the layers of muscle the issue was by only focusing on his stomach he had the perfectly reasonable body of a 46 year old man but but the ABS of a 23 year old pro athlete now bullying is wrong but this guy made a killing from harassing and selling invasive photos of various celebrities all I'm saying is Karma's got a funny way of coming back around hey Darren haul the other one

unless you've been living under a rock you've probably heard of YouTube returned pro boxer Jake Paul his recent Rampage of beating on retired MMA fighters old enough to be his dad hasn't been without its fair share of controversies but there's one photo from his first amateur fight against fellow YouTuber deji which really caught fans attention the self-proclaimed Problem Child seemed to have one minor problemo of his own it's not entirely clear where his shoulder stops and the backdrop begins yeah I'd also be pretty mad if my right trap was Fading Into The Ether so what's

the deal has Jake become one with the supernatural I know Shadow Boxing is a big part of his training but I've never seen a right hook thrown From Another Dimension in reality it's just some dodgy editing probably some Keen to impress intern on Jake's team tried bulking him up a little on Photoshop to look more intimidating and compared to this more recent photo they either didn't get the job or brushed up on their editing skills whether you love him or hate him I gotta give him credit after all these years he's still got that same

deranged twinkle in his eyes in Fitness and in health you know the saying couples who train together remain together well that couldn't be truer for George and Susan koprash these lovebirds are Canadian bodybuilders who've competed in the sport for a whopping 30 years whoa I go to the gym once and need to take a week off and I only use the vending machine but it's not always been sunshine and rainbows for this literal power couple in 2014 they caught a whole lot of flack online when they showed off some pretty unconvincing silicone implants on stage

at a competition George cleared the whole controversy up by later stating they'd sought out a professional who claimed to have performed the implant procedures on hundreds of bodybuilders before hmm unsurprisingly he also stated he was very unhappy with the results as was his wife still they decided to attend the competition anyway because their daughter was competing and it'd be the first time all three of them had competed as a family however this is the internet and people love to hone in on someone's flaws without knowing the full story as such these photos were broadcast across

every Fitness meme Page worth shaking a dumbbell at the 30-year Veterans of the game ended up cutting a lot of hate for it sheesh I bet those keyboard Warriors would never say anything to this bodybuilding family in person they'd be Susan for a Bruisin get it two day six pack I don't have any tattoos I've always been too indecisive but one crafty client in Manchester England was anything but indecisive when he opted for one that ensures him a beach ready buddy 365 days a year this video posted on tattoo artist Dean Gunther's Tic Tac shows

his clients struggling with motivation in the gym so he tried getting the body of his dreams a different way after two long painful days under the needle are you ready to see his incredible body transformation this Ranch is a thing the detail in the tattoo is actually pretty good but then maybe I'm just comparing it to these attempts by other people in fact yes I definitely am I mean it doesn't look like the colors even match his skin however fresh tattoos always take time to settle so maybe just maybe it'll turn out fine and Dean

didn't charge him a penny for it actually it's given me an idea for how to get more people to click on my videos hmm yeah yeah maybe not I'm glad I drew this on before fully committing now how do I get rid of Sharpie stains garusome truth whether you like bodybuilding or not there's no denying that many bodybuilders push themselves to their very limits to achieve their goals some however like belgian-born Edward ger pushed themselves way too far girl lived a chameleonic life starting off as an athlete before switching to bodybuilding modeling and even working

as a Hollywood stuntman which is the coolest job like ever but for a whopping 15 years he was taking steroids to pack on the muscle mass the problem is as well as making you into a hulking muscle machine steroids can also increase your blood pressure so if you overuse them it can put a huge strain on your heart sure enough in June 1997 whilst cooking dinner in his kitchen ger had a heart attack to the point his heart literally stopped beating jeez now any logical person would say that's game over but not this Hollywood hero

amazingly he lived after countless surgeries and procedures to repair the damage gurk kept on kicking on how incredible is that despite his heroic recovery though Edward sadly passed on in 2015 from other complications what a bummer but it doesn't detract from his resilience both in his sport and his recovery this one's to you Edward Photoshop flops alright so if you can cast your mind as far back as a couple of minutes you'll remember Jake Paul's awkward Photoshop faux pas but as I'm sure you're aware it's not just celebrities that edit their images on the internet

and some people's attempts are far worse than others take this kid he's ripped all right rip those muscly arms straight out of a magazine to pose with man I hope his mom walked in on that scene playing out then we have this cool dude if you're wondering what's up with that odd looking bod take a closer look at the bottom left yep he bought a t-shirt with a mustly body print on it took a pic then edited out the white parts of the top incredible but in first place for sheer audacity I'm giving the medal

to this guy that arm is twice the size of his head so even if anyone did believe this pix unedited they'd have some serious questions about what he's been up to with that left arm in all seriousness it's sad that anyone would feel the need to do this but come on the more worrying thing is it's often far more subtle the point is don't believe everything you see on Instagram Thriller filler women's bodies come in all different shapes and sizes some are heavier on top some are heavier on bottom well patience of O'Neill Morris are

definitely heavier on the bottom much heavier O'Neill ran a back alley beautician in Fort Lauderdale Florida while she told her patients her products were the creme de La Creme she was really injecting a cement concoction into their derrieres I'm sorry she did what now oh you heard me correctly O'Neill's mix contains cement silicone and fix a flat which is for ceiling flat tires not sealing an entire breezeblock's worth of cement inside a woman's Badonkadonk hmm I've watched enough medical dramas to know this Home Depot shopping list doesn't sound like standard practice and it wasn't she

didn't have a license the whole operation was illegal and all in all over 30 people have come forward claiming they paid for dodgy cosmetic procedures sadly many of these women were in Desperate situations unable to afford reputed cosmetics surgeons and trusting in O'Neill's cheaper service all of them suffer from disfigurement illness and even hospitalization due to the bogus treatments so in 2017 this toxic tush doctor was sentenced to 10 years in prison I'd say she got off lightly but let me know your thoughts on this crazy story in the comments Natty O'Neill next up we've

got a guy that shares more than just a name with O'Neill Morris as far as I know Canadian bodybuilder Kenny O'Neal isn't putting anything weird in or around his butt though now he prefers to keep things above the belt sheesh I've heard of bowling ball shoulders before but this dude's got bowling pins now Kenny's never been quite clear about what was going on with his muscles in these photos from the 2016 Vancouver bodybuilding Championship to me it could be a less severe version of what our Rambo friend was doing earlier however Kenny was insistent he'd

never even seen senthal before Noah had implants but his fans were quick to share photos from a few months before the competition where his shoulders look unnaturally swollen so what was his explanation well he blamed the lighting Kenny my guy unless the lights were inside your actual shoulders we all know that's not true later Kitty fessed up that he'd had infections in both deltoid muscles from overusing water-based testosterone in his shoulders apparently his doctor drained the excess fluid and gave him antibiotics but it didn't fix the problem before the competition now I'm not sure what

I believe only Kenny knows the real truth I just hope he got those meaty mounts fixed before they popped run down Ronnie as we've already seen Synthol is not something to be messed with and while some people who dabble in it are lucky enough not to suffer a great deal of harm others aren't so fortunate Ronnie Rono was a Kenyan bodybuilder who sadly lost his life as a direct result of senthal use man that's tragic in early 2017 he noticed a small swelling in his right arm which by April had spread to his left hand

after an MRI scan at the local hospital the severity of Ronnie's problems were exposed the Synthol had reacted badly with his muscles disfiguring them and causing some of them to lose all function his chest muscles had become so grossly enlarged there was no coming back it wasn't long before he was bed bound and unable to carry his own weight without fatiguing and to make matters worse because he was no longer able to work and fend for his family his wife left him along with their five-year-old child damn poor guy and 2020 Ronnie passed away at

the age of just 30 but the real kicker he could never admit to using xanthal instead he claimed he was a heavy drinker during his bodybuilding days and that someone must have injected him without him knowing hmm whether that's true or just a story Ronnie told himself to feel better I guess we'll never know let me know your thoughts in the comments down below mean green Photoshop machine ever wondered how to get that hulking superhero physique without having to eat chicken and rice 14 times a day well take a few tips from sajad garibi you

may be familiar with this Mammoth guy I've actually covered him before he's known as the Iranian Hulk and has racked up over a million Instagram followers in awe of his impossible size rumored to weigh around 400 pounds and by the looks of it standing about 13 feet tall sajad looked like a behemoth of a man so when a fight was booked between him and six foot six British giant Martin Ford fans are pretty hyped to see which of these Hercules and heavyweights would come out on top however things didn't exactly go as expected it turns

out garibi had been tweaking his proportions on Photoshop to look much bigger than he was it was actually 6-2 and weighed about 300 pounds now don't get me wrong he's a big boy but the fans wanted sujat Smash and all he really smashed was his reputation as the fight Drew closer it became pretty biggest fight wasn't in the ring but with himself after a press conference to build hype he was seen crying inconsolably unwilling to beat a guy who's already beating himself Ford pulled out over concerns around garibi's health and greeby deleted all the edited

images he'd put out on Instagram ouch that's a rough way to get out it nowadays he keeps both to a minimum and seems to just be focused on training I sure hope he bounces back and we can see him in the ring soon ill-start sagato oh boy if you don't have them already you better get your tissues out I got ulteriad just reading up on Brazilian bodybuilder valdir Sagano you might have seen him before he gained internet notoriety for his heavily artificial Synthol physique but in valdir's case a picture doesn't always tell a thousand words

he'd grown up around Sao Paulo in the 1970s and 80s and had a tough adolescence slipping into bad habits and an unhealthy lifestyle that left him worryingly underweight in an attempt to turn his life around valdir joined a gym hoping the structure and exercise would pull him out of this rut and it did poor time but then in 2013 someone at his gym introduced him to Synthol and valdir was immediately hooked on the way it made him look he began pumping his chest shoulders and arms full of this stuff to the point his biceps swelled

to a gargantuan 23 inches that's almost as big as a soccer ball by 2016 his doctors warned him that the risk of nerve damage or Worse was alarmingly high but none of that mattered to valdir he enjoyed the attention it brought him too much he even changed his Instagram name to valdir Synthol it turns out however the doctors were right sadly back in August 2022 Valdez vices got the better of him it was only his 55th birthday even worse although he'd amassed over a million followers on Tick Tock it was in no way a reflection

of how the dude lived in reality he was almost completely alone my gosh told you it was a heavy one I just hope aldiers found some peace now Loose Caboose social media bombards us with images of unattainable beauty standards that can have a massively negative impact on how we see ourselves for 23 year old Mia Mafia from Leeds England that was especially true she'd become absolutely enamored with the Kim Kardashian figure you know tiny waist big bottom but had a petite size eight this seemed totally impossible for Mia to attain that is until she discovered

a clinic in Belgium that could do bone augmentation surgery silicone implants for your booty so after saving around eight thousand dollars she traveled over to get the body of her dreams but things didn't exactly turn out how she wanted the doctor told her that she couldn't have implants any larger than two inches much smaller than Mia had planned however much she begged though the clinic refused so MIA cut her losses accepted the doctor's proposal and had the procedure happy-ish ending right wrong after the work was done Mia couldn't sit down or put any weight on

the operated area whilst it healed so she faced a grueling journey home and at points had the life face down on the train platforms just to rest then ten days after she got back to lead she awoke to a grisly shock her mattress was soaking wet one of her new implants had burst and leaked all over the bed jeez that's Grim she immediately rushed to hospital but begged the surgeons not to take the implants out despite the high risk of infection now I know that might seem crazy but if I were in me issues I'd

probably put up a fight too think about it if you had a crippling insecurity that you'd paid a lot of money to have corrected then someone threatened to take that away how would you feel luckily for me as she got her blown up backside fixed had new implants fitted and is now much happier phew so there really is a happy ending to this particular tale disaster averted uh after all that I'm gonna go eat a pizza turns out my perfect body is one filled with 12 inches of cheesy goodness so which of those muscular malfunctions

shot you the most let me know down in the comments and thanks for watching foreign [Music]