‘I still want to be bigger’

He wants to be like his hero Arnold Schwarzenegger – or even the Hulk.
So bodybuilder Valdir Segato injects oil into his muscles to help him bulk up and achieve his ambition of becoming famous for his physique.
He has gained 25kg as a result of his painful synthol injections, but unsurprisingly, the unnatural way of bulking up doesn’t actually make his muscles stronger, and could even prove fatal.
Even so, Valdir says he is delighted that people stare at him in the street.
‘This is a dream come true that I searched for and conquered,’ he said. ‘You look at your body and see that it’s growing and you’re going to want more.’
Valdir, aged 48, started injecting the potentially lethal oil five years ago. Since then his arms have doubled in size from 12 inches, and he wants to get even bigger.
The construction worker, from Sao Paulo in Brazil, says he is proud to be known locally as ‘He-Man’ and ‘the monster’ in the street.
He started going to the gym, which is where another user introduced him to the synthol telling him he could get more extreme effects than from lifting weights alone.
So he started to inject it regularly into his biceps, chest and shoulders.
‘The oil is mostly aesthetic, it models the body and makes the muscle swollen – it doesn’t affect strength,’ he said.
In fact, doing it could kill him or leave him in danger of serious problems such as amputation.
 ‘The doctors tell me to stop it, ,’ he said. ‘But it’s my decision to use it because I want to, become  like my heroes.’
Valdir’s inflated muscles have also made it difficult for him to find love, as potential partners are too intimidated to approach him, he says.
He said: ‘At the moment, I am alone, I don’t have anyone. I do get attention, but people seem to be scared to approach me, I think that’s the problem.’
‘There are times I hear people mocking me a lot, especially younger kids. They are always saying something because of my body,’ he said.
‘The worst thing is when people stop you and call you an ugly thing. But I don’t care what people say, if I like myself, that’s enough.’
‘There are times I hear people mocking me a lot, especially younger kids. They are always saying something because of my body,’ he said.

Culled from metro.co.uk