Because of his ‘totally’ blue complexion, a man nicknamed ‘Papa Smurf’ became an instant online phenomenon.
Paul Karason self-medicates his skin ailment dermatitis by swallowing a silver compound combination for over a decade.
In an attempt to heal his sinuses, dermatitis, and acid reflux, the Washington man took homemade silver chloride colloid while rubbing a colloidal silver solution on his face. He said that, as a result, he was healed of both acid reflux and arthritis. Silver contains antibacterial qualities that have been utilized to fight infection for thousands of years.
However, there was no need for it when far more effective penicillin was created in the 1930s. However, after appearing on TODAY in 2008, Paul’s life began to change.
He was quickly dubbed “Papa Smurf,” a moniker he “didn’t appreciate,” according to his wife. “Depending on who said it, he didn’t like that nickname,” she explained. “If a child ran up to him and said, ‘Papa Smurf,’ he’d smile.
But if it was a grown-up, well…” “And he looks at me and says, ‘What’s on your face?’ ‘I don’t have anything on my face!'” Paul went on to say. “‘Well, it looks like you’ve got camouflage makeup on or something,” he says. And, by golly, he came in and was as fair-skinned as I was. That’s when it struck me.” Unfortunately, Paul claimed that his personal life was spiraling downward barely a year after his debut on the NBC show.
Right now, it’s challenging for me to make my own, and my resources are limited, and it’s very expensive,” he explained. Paul experienced heart problems and prostate cancer only a few years later.
He lost his home in 2012 and was forced to live in a homeless shelter in Bellingham. Paul died in 2013 at the age of 62 following a heart attack that resulted in pneumonia and a severe stroke. He continued to utilize colloidal silver until the day he died. As long as regulations and testing are followed, colloidal silver can be sold as a cosmetic product in the United Kingdom. The drug, however, is not permitted to be sold as a food supplement or medicine.
