And by golly, he came in and he was very fair-skinned, as I used to be. “He says ‘well it looks like you’ve got camouflage makeup on or something. “He looks at me and says ‘What have you got on your face?’ ‘I don’t have anything on my face,” Karason said.
#Colloidial silver blue skin skin
Karason didn’t realise his skin had turned blue until a friend pointed it out, he told US ABC News. "If it was a kid who ran up to him saying ‘Papa Smurf’, it would put a smile on his face. He has a rare condition called argyria - his skin is grayish-blue. See more skin problem pictures AP Photo /The Tribune, John Liston Stan Jones isn't your average politician from Montana. It’s soothing to scrapes and even helps repair tissue damage from burns. Why can colloidal silver turn your skin blue By: Jonathan Strickland Skin Problems Image Gallery Stan Jones. In skin, silver is mostly deposited around adnexal structures in the dermis it is associated with a bluish-gray to slate-gray hue. Silver is an ingredient in some treatments you put on your skin. "That was a nickname he didn’t appreciate, depending on who said it," she said. Colloidal silver benefits many skins conditions as well, including psoriasis and eczema. Colloidal silver is often marketed as a cure-all product. He didn’t like going out in public often, she said. The Dangers of Colloidal Silver Use Argyria or smurf syndrome, which irreversibly turns skin gray, silver or blue, depending on the victims race Poor. Ingesting too much colloidal silver can lead to a blue-grey tint on skin, eyes, organs, nails and gums, according to the Mayo Clinic’s web page on colloidal silver. Mrs Karason said her late husband was sometimes called "Papa Smurf" because of his blue skin and bushy white beard. It was banned in the US for causing argyria when the silver reacts with light to turn skin blue. His skin began to turn blue 15 years ago, after he started using a silver colloidal drink to treat dermatitis on his face, after spotting an ad touting its health benefits in a new age magazine, US ABC News reports.Ĭollodial silver –silver dispersed in liquid- was used to fight infections and colds for thousands of years, but fell out of use with the invention of penicillin in the 1930s. The reclusive Karason shot to fame after appearing on the US Today show in 2008 to discuss his unusual condition, called argyria. Karason, who also had pneumonia and suffered a stroke, was 62, said his estranged wife Jo Anna Karason. A REAL-life "blue man" who became an online sensation after his skin turned deep blue from drinking silver has died in hospital.Īmerican Paul Karason died on Monday at a hospital in Washington after suffering a heart attack last week, the US Today show reports.
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