FOXSYLVANIA

— This picture has not been altered. I’ve mentioned here before the guy whose skin turned blue as a result of taking a silver colloidal emulsion…he took the stuff for dermatitis, and while it didn’t heal the dermatitis, it did help the inflammation. Silver emulsions were taken for their anti-bacterial properties in over-the-counter and folk remedies until banned by the FDA in 1999.

The blue man lived in Oregon, but moved to California when his skin began coloring as Californians tend to be somewhat more, err, tolerant…he even has a girlfriend who barely notices his skin color anymore. The man is 57 years old, and took the colloidal silver for over 10 years.  The condition, called argyria, is caused by the silver in the skin interacting with light as it does in the photographic process.  The silver simply collects in the skin and other organs, and doesn’t disperse.

As if he hasn’t suffered enough, the guy has had to endure being called, Papa Smurf! — Anyone remember when they were popular?