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 ...

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 ...

Synthol has been used by bodybuilders in the past to bulk up quickly. Romario dos Santos Alves, a bodybuilding enthusiast, works out his muscles in the gym, April 4, 2015, in Caldas Novas, Goias, ...

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 ...

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 ...