The man in the collection of videos incorporated later in the article does not dye his skin. Nor is he an alien, or a mutant from a science fiction movie. His name is Paul Carrasson, and he was born in Washington as a fairly whitish and ordinary boy. We'll tell you about becoming Blue Man with the help of Perplexity and ChatGPT.
Born in 1950 in Bellingham, Washington, Karason grew up as an almost normal teenager – except that he was a redhead. But then, at age 40, he began using a homemade 'medicine' to treat his skin (redheads often suffer from unusual sensitivities in their skin). He made the drug himself by passing an electric current through silver coils suspended in distilled water, so that particles of the silver dissolved in the water. The result he drank and smeared on his skin – and soon his skin began to turn blue.
In 2008, he decided to reveal his condition to the media, and gained a lot of attention, with interviews for shows such as Today and Opera. At the same time, he became the subject of research about his condition, which scientists say has been defined as argyria – a rare condition caused by prolonged and excessive exposure to silver compounds. This is not a harmful condition, but it can indeed cause a person's skin to turn blue or gray. Argyria is irreversible, and there is no known cure for its 'cure'.
Despite the media attention, Karason also suffered. He faced discrimination, ridicule or just overly curious looks from some people, along with health problems, including respiratory problems and heart disease. Shortly after the media dance began, he revealed that he had been forced to leave his home in California and return to his hometown, where he initially stayed in a homeless home.
Five years after it was revealed in the media, on September 5, 23, Karasson died of a heart attack at the age of 2013. As mentioned, the attack stemmed from health problems unrelated to the color of his skin in his last years.
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