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After the heartbreaking death of looksmaxxer Connor Murphy, one health expert has warned of the dangers that can come from the practices the influencer engaged in.
Connor, who rose to fame online for his looksmaxxing YouTube content, drowned after jumping in a lake while attempting to flee the police. The incident occurred at a luxury rental home in Bang Phli, Thailand, when law enforcement were called to the residence after the 32-year-old influencer was reportedly "behaving erratically" and running a naked rampage.
Ahead of his passing, Connor was said to be allegedly injecting gold into his veins after reading a debunked study that claimed doing this would give him a heightened IQ and "superhuman abilities." Now, a health expert has broken down the risks of injecting gold and issued a warning to anyone that is considering engaging in the dangerous practice.
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In an exclusive interview with The Mirror US, Dr. Carol Eisenstat, a board-certified anesthesiologist and founder of Line Eraser MD, explained, "The body has no use for injected gold. It doesn't metabolize it into anything beneficial. It accumulates, and we know exactly what that looks like because gold compounds were once used for rheumatoid arthritis. We abandoned them largely because of the toxicity."
According to reports by Arthritis UK, doctors historically have used specific, water-soluble chemical compounds containing gold (like gold sodium thiomalate) as disease-modifying antirheumatic drugs (DMARDs) to treat severe rheumatoid arthritis. However, these did not utilize pure elemental gold, and the practice is infrequently used in modern day medicine as other safer medications have been discovered.
Highlighting some of the possible harmful side effects that could come from injecting gold, Dr. Eisenstat explained, "Documented effects include chrysiasis, a permanent blue-gray staining of the skin, plus kidney damage, bone marrow suppression, and liver injury."
She continued, "Gold from a jewelry shop adds particles lodging in blood vessels, heavy metal contaminants, and bloodstream infections. There is no version of this that produces strength or special abilities."
The health expert went on to warn, "Feeling superhuman is not evidence something is working. It's often the first sign something is very wrong."
While it has not yet been confirmed that Connor's system had traces of gold at the time of his death, Dr. Eisenstat said, "Toxicology is still pending, so I'd attribute the injection claims to his friends, but the medicine stands regardless."
The fitness influencer gained a massive following online for his "looksmaxxing" content, which is an online subculture predominantly popular among young men that focuses on maximizing physical attractiveness.
While Connor did not undergo any cosmetic procedures to enhance his looks, he did achieve an extensive physical transformation by other means. In addition to extreme weight training, Connor also followed strict diets and allegedly took performance-enhancing drugs to build his bodybuilding physique.
Connor also underwent a major spiritual and mental transformation, with his content shifting from fitness to psychedelic drugs, self-reflection, and spirituality. Over on his YouTube channel, @ConnorMurphyOfficial, the influencer had built a massive following of over 2.36 million subscribers.
