So maybe the Palin bikini pics were Photoshopped, but photos of Rosemary Jacobs, a woman whose face turned silver, are not. The 66-year-old woman had been taking colloidal silver nose drops for 55 years. Now, her face is silver and the damage is irreversible.

According toFox News:

Rosemary Jacobs, 66, who – according to her Web site — was born in Brooklyn, has been struggling with the after effects of taking colloidal silver for most of her life. At the age of 11, Jacobs began taking nasal drops containing the metal substance, the Daily Telegraph reported.

Colloidal silver is the same ingredient that turned the face of Paul Karason, 57, blue…
After several years of using colloidal silver-laced nose drops, a skin biopsy revealed silver particles had embedded deep beneath Jacobs’ skin, according to the report.

“They told me my color was permanent,” Jacobs told the Telegraph. “It was devastating.”
The condition, known as argyria, results from prolonged contact with or the ingestion of silver salts, Dr. Kamila Padlewska, an assistant professor at the Department of Dermatology and Venereology, Warsaw Medical School, Poland, wrote in a paper published on eMedicine.

So the next time your roommate offers you nose drops, contact solution, whatever, be careful! You never know what could happen…

Good things metallics have been in this season.