10 Bulky Details Surrounding Kirill Tereshin, The Russian “Popeye”

6 /10 All Oiled Up

Petroleum jelly saturates muscles, according to surgical experts. It doesn’t just lay on top of them but gets partially absorbed and thickens them.

It blocked blood flow, which killed and scarred the muscles tissues until they were as hard as wood.

In tiny amounts, it can be effective, but “Russian Popeye” wasn’t named for his love of spinach; it was the disproportionate amount he used that was a danger.

The Synthol oil could have also seized up his kidneys, but they could operate before it spread too far. He was lucky.

5 /10 All In A Day's Work

Synthol oil injections are not uncommon. Though dangerous, the warnings are often unheeded – or unlearned – by those with access to the easy self procedures.

The self-medicated who use it on themselves without professional direction are often the most in danger. They will overdo it or use it in susceptible areas where blood flow can be constricted to essential areas of the body.

Butt implants and breast implants are popular with females. For men, it’s either muscle groups like Kirill did or something far more sensitive and private. Like the penis.

4 /10 Fight Of His Life

A month before his vital surgery, Kirill competed in an MMA-style professional fight with a Russian blogger who was 20 years older than the plastically enhanced sailor boy.

The battle lasted about three minutes and resulted in Kirill’s loss.

His extended arms gave him no advantage in the ring, which may have been part of why he got them, thus enabling his decision to reverse what he once saw as a huge gain.

3 /10 Viral Fame

Kirill initially became well known due to his Instagram popularity.

All he had to do was show off his ill-gained guns, and he got upwards of 350,000 followers who admired and were hated by the state of his bulk.

It’s safe to say he had more gawkers than honest followers. He was also a soldier, though his disservice to his body undoubtedly ended his country’s serviceS.

2 /10 From Gains To Drains

After successful surgeries to remove the dead tissue and drain out the excess liquids in the affected areas, Kirill was given a far better chance of recovery.

With the alternative being both arms being amputated to save the rest of his body or outright death, he feels that he made the wrong decision before he eventually made the right one.

Alana Mamaeva, a campaigner for victims of botched plastic surgery, convinced him to get the treatment before it was too late. Overall, 3 pounds of dead muscle mass was removed from his arms.

1 /10 Gun Show Is Closed

Although Kirill is on the road to recovery, the scars of what he did will always remain, and his arms might never go back down to being the same as they were when he was natural.

Whether he did it for sick style, confidence, weight loss, or thought it would make him stronger, reversing the effects was the right choice in the end.

He had three liters of jelly in each arm at one point, more than is recommended to apply to the skin – which is what it’s for – of his entire body twice over.