Deadly oil was injected into biceps: “Brazilian Hulk” died at 55

Their biceps almost 60 centimeters They made him a social media phenomenon. He became known as the “Brazilian Hulk”. But the excesses he made to look muscular, the ones that made him famous and successful, were also the ones that caused his death.

the bodybuilder Valdir Segato passed away at the age of 55 of age, ignoring doctors’ warnings and the risk of stroke and deadly infections he set in motion to create his “superhuman appearance”.

fatal obsession

Valdir’s dream was to be like hers heroesnothing more and nothing less than Arnold Schwarzenegger and The Incredible Hulk. And at some point he succeeded, albeit at a high price.

For much of his career. the man injected himself large doses of Synthol to increase your figure; all without taking care that various specialists had already warned him of all the risks that this entailed him.

Some time ago, during an interview with the BBC, the “Brazilian Hulk” he noticed that he had chosen to use this substance because even though he was training daily he did not achieve the same results as his peerspublic The herald from Mexico.

The man commented that at the time he was very thin and just wanted to be like the others. In that interview, he also mentioned it He began training to quit his drug addiction.

After trying for a long time to gain muscle from what he injected, when he turned 49, doctors warned him that this could make him need a surgery. amputation how it could cause irreparable nerve damage.

But Segato, who worked in construction, continued despite professional advice, arguing that he wanted to get biggerpublic The mirror.

In 2016, the man stated that: “They always call me the Hulk, Schwarzenegger and He-Man and I like that. I’ve doubled the size of my biceps but still want to be bigger.”.

So much so that he even called himself “Valdir Synthol” on her social media, regularly posting photos and videos of her bulging muscles, the outlet added.

The death of the Brazilian Hulk

According to the testimony of his relatives, Valdir only felt ill on his birthday. He was immediately rushed to a hospital near his home; however, shortly thereafter he died in the medical center.

Apparently, the man asked a neighbor’s mother for help because he did breathing problems.

“It was about 6 am. He came crawling through the Secret Annex and came to the front. Then he knocked on my mother’s window, knocked, knocked, then she woke up and said ‘help me, help me cause I’m dying ‘”Moisés da Conceição da Silva told Globo.

What is synthol?

In several interviews, Valdir revealed how he used Sinthol oil, a blend of alcohol, pain relievers and oil.

The use of this substance increases the risk infections, muscle fibrosis, tumors, brain and muscle problems. Also, this type of implants usually cause a chronic pain.

Although doctors have warned him of the deadly risksthat didn’t stop him from sharing his bulging biceps on TikTok (@valdirsegatooficial), where he amassed a staggering number of 1.7 million followers.