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SOME extreme bodybuilders take potentially lethal risks to achieve ever bigger muscles by injecting themselves with mixtures of mineral oils and alcohol.

The dangerous cocktails are not thought to have any effect on a person’s strength but they ‘enhance’ their appearance almost immediately.

Pumping up your body this way is not without risks though, it can lead to infections and painful cysts.

Some who have used the injections have had their arms amputated and others have died.

The injections are believed to be popular in Brazil where this video clip was shot.

The Live Leak footage shows a young man lying on his back in a hospital and although he is not very muscular, his right bicep is red and severely swollen.

(Image: Live Leak)

The man groans as a doctor taps his bicep, cleans it and then pierces his skin with a needle.

A yellow oozing fluid immediately pours down his arm and the doctor keeps squeezing out fluids and blood for several minutes while the man groans in pain.

The video in the player above is not for the squeamish and we don’t recommend this way of increasing your muscle size and strength.