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>>> HE WAS A RECLUSE BUT THEN
BECAME AN INTERNET SENSATION
AFTER HIS SKIN TURNED A
PERMANENT SHADE OF BLUE.
WELL, THE CAUSE IS BASICALLY HIS
OWN SELF REMEDIES, HIS OWN SELF
MEDICATION.
IT WAS A SPECIAL CONCOCTION OF
SILVER USING ELECTROLYSIS.
HE WAS TRYING
IT CONDITIONS MY RESPONSE.
>> WELL, HERE'S THE SAD UPDATE.
LAST WEEK PAUL PASSED AWAY AT
THE AGE OF 62.
HE SUFFERED A HEART ATTACK AND
STROKE.
HIS DEATH HAD NOTHING TO DO WITH
THAT SILVER CONCOCTION THAT HE
USED TO TREAT HIMSELF FOR HIS
SKIN CONDITION.
BUT LET'S ZONE IN ON THE BLUE
TINT OF HIS SKIN.
HOW THAT HAPPENED.
IT'S CALLED ARGERIA.
JOINING US TO TALK ABOUT IT IS A
DERMATOLOGIST.
DOCTOR, THANKS AGAIN FOR BEING
WITH US.
DID HE BASICALLY GIVE THAT TO
HIMSELF BECAUSE OF HIS OWN
CONCOCTION?
>> YES, HE DID.
PEOPLE TAKE SILVER TO TREAT
ARTHRITIS AND DERMATITIS.
PRECIOUS METALS HAVE BEEN USED
FOR CENTURIES.
THEY BEGAN IN THE ANCIENT
CIVILIZATIONS OF GREEK AND ROME
TO TREAT SKIN PROBLEMS WHERE
THERE WERE NO OTHER TREATMENT.
AND WHAT HAPPENS IS YOU TAKE THE
COLOITAL SILVER, IT'S PICKED UP
BY CELLS IN THE GI TRACK WHERE
IT'S CONCENTRATED IN THE SKIN
AND THE THE SWEAT GLANDS, WHICH
IS WHY EVEN HIS PALMS WERE BLUE.
OF COURSE, HE'S TAKEN IT TO AN
EXTREME.
>> HE'S NOT ONLY TAKING IT
INTERNALLY.
I BELIEVE AT SOME POINT HE
STARTED RUBBING IT ON HIS SKIN.
IS THERE ANY CURE?
IS THERE ANY WAY TO REVERSE
THAT?
>> NO, SADLY THERE'S NO WAY TO
REVERSE IT.
ONCE YOU'RE BLUE YOU'RE ALWAYS
BLUE.
THE REASON IS BECAUSE IT DOES
GET CONCENTRATED IN THE SKIN.
NOW HE DID REPORT THAT HIS
ARTHRITIS GOT BETTER WHEN HE WAS
TAKING THE SILVER BUT NOT SO
MUCH THE DERMATITIS.
SILVER IS STILL VERY EFFECTIVE.
WE STILL USE IT TOPICALLY IN A
CREAM USED FOR BURNS.
BUT THE FDA HAS NOT APPROVED IT