Can you imagine waking up one day with blue skin ?!
It did happened to this man .. although he had his color gradually over 10 years ..
Paul Karason 61yeas old Californian man .. was a normal fairs skin color and he was using a silver preparation to treat a his dermatitis on his face which started when he had an emotional situation – his father death- He was dirking a liquid form of silver ( colloidal silver ) which Karason did make it him self by running an electrical current through water with a piece of silver in it. He didn't discover he was Turing blue until one of his friend came to visit him and ask him : "what did you do ?" , colloidal silver was used for thousand of years as an antibacterial until FDA banned it because it's causes argyria* which result of the silver reacting with the light . and Karason have sever form of argyria
His condition brought world wide attention to him .. and he was advised to get his primary check out to see if there is any other organ involvement
* Argyria results from prolonged contact with or ingestion of silver salts. Argyria is characterized by gray to gray-black staining of the skin and mucous membranes produced by silver deposition. Silver may be deposited in the skin either from industrial exposure or as a result of medications containing silver salts
my references : emedicine , scienceblogs , oddee
