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 ...

Bodybuilders and others who want to take a shortcut to bigger muscles may be tempted to inject a compound called synthol directly into their muscles. While the effects are almost immediate, and ...

A Brazilian bodybuilder who injected himself with oil for bigger muscles died on his 55th birthday. Valdir Segato had been using potentially fatal injections of Synthol for years, risking strokes and ...

30-year-old Ronny Rono, a former bodybuilding enthusiast who is suspected to be suffering from a case of Synthol injection which has caused him to developed muscular atrophy and biceps pectoral ...

A bodybuilder who suffered body disfigurement after a synthol injection has died. Ronny Rono, whom we highlighted in our September 1, 2019 Sunday Standard publication, died on Tuesday while being ...

Chris Cormier and judge Terrick El Guindy discussed whether Natalia Abraham Coelho used synthol to win the 2026 Women's Physique Olympia.

A bodybuilder dubbed “Russian Popeye” is facing the possibility of a double amputation after years of synthol injections caused one of his muscles to burst. Kirill Tereshin, 29, has been injecting ...