An American woman whose skin turned silver after using nose drops is warning people of the dangers of medicines containing the metal. Rosemary Jacobs, 71, has lived with irreversible skin condition argyria for 60 years and it has blighted her life. The retired pre-school teacher's skin started to turn metallic silver when she began taking nasal drops containing colloidal silver (CS) at the age of 11. Four years later a skin biopsy revealed silver particles bound deep beneath her skin and she was diagnosed with argyria. Rosemary, from Vermont, USA said: “When I was 11 years old, my mother mentioned to an ENT specialist that I always had a cold.
PERCHED on a branch, this Little Owl plays third wheel to two love birds .
A woman with a rare allergy to water has told how the condition is so severe it prevents her from KISSING her fiance .
A HEIGHT-addicted airline pilot has taken pictures of the Dubai from 1,300-feet .
THIS ONE of a kind experience brings a whole new meaning to the phrase 'a coffee to go' .
SQUABBLING over the last piece of grain, these hungry squirrels are determined to stock up on as much food as possible .
With an abandoned tricycle sitting in an empty corridor, this derelict but once grand mansion could be the setting for The Shining .
A mother-of-two has revealed how her son became a human fireball after a dangerous 'TikTok challenge' went wrong .
Struggling home entertainment chain Blockbuster has been slammed for advertising its workers' jobs while they are still in them in order to scare them into working harder .
THESE BREATH-TAKING photographs show the natural beauty of Iceland's most famous waterfall .
WITHOUT A care in the world, this little snow monkey puts his feet up and settles in for a snooze .
A Zumba-mad grandma has lost almost 14st after becoming addicted to the popular dance craze .