8 Shocking Before and After Pics of Women on Steroids

 Come get into this, guys. These photos of 8 women whose looks drastically changed after they got hooked on steriods will definitely amaze you. Continues after the cut

1. Heidi Krieger:
East German shotput champion Heidi Krieger, was so masculinized by the drugs her coaches gave her that she later chose to become a man.

Kreiger was among thousands of young athletes injured by an East German government plan to dominate Olympic sports through chemistry. In most cases they were told the pills and shots were vitamins and natural supplements. Their enormous physiques and aggressive behavior inspired the International Olympic Committee’s first drug testing programs in the 1970s.

Kreiger told the BBC in a recent interview:

“I still say today that they killed Heidi. It’s difficult to say whether I would be Heidi today or not but I could have decided on my own... I was thrown out of my gender.”

2. The woman who claims that steroids gave her a penis

She was once a petite, pretty blond barmaid, but now Candice Armstrong from London looks more man than woman and even has a small penis-like growth — all due to her steroid use. But according to the 29-year-old, it was never her intention to become so masculine: 

“You could argue that when I wanted big arms and broad shoulders, a bigger back and small hips, that that was a masculine look. But I didn’t consciously decide I want to change from a woman into a man.”

While steroids have to a degree turned her into a man, Candice says it won’t stop her from continuing to use it:

“I think it would do more harm than good,’ she says. “I’d lose all the muscles, but I wouldn’t lose all the masculine qualities like the facial hair and the deep voice… It doesn’t really go back.”

3. The former Ms. Olympia who looks nothing like herself

 In 1993, Denise Rutkowski finished second place in the Mrs. Olympia contest, and has been on a downhill slide since then. In 1994, she returned home to Texas to attend Bible College and within two years she was traveling the country to spread the gospel.

Here’s when things started to get a little weird

Fast forward to 2012 – Denise was arrested for evading arrest. This is what happens when you mix massive doses of steroids with drug addiction and bipolar disorder.

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• 4. The youngest woman to ever win a pro card

 Joanna Clare Thomas (born 12 December 1976) is a British professional female bodybuilder known to be the youngest to win her IFBB pro card, at the age of 21. She became interested in the sport at age 14 when she saw a bodybuilding magazine that belonged to a college student staying with her family. The 107 pound Thomas then went to a nearby gym and began to train with the help of the gym owner who gave her a stringent plan to follow. She followed the plan for two years and gained 91 pounds with that program.

Joanna won the British Championships in 1998, becoming the youngest woman in the world to win an IFBB pro card.

5. The woman who tried for the fitness competition but was ruled to be too big and turned to bodybuilding.

Brigita was born in Ptuj, Slovenia. The 31-year-old pro bodybuilder originally set out to have a career in the fitness category of the IFBB (International Federation of BodyBuilders) competitions, but when judges told her that her physique was more suited to bodybuilding, she went all in.

• 6. The former bodybuilder who compares bodybuilding to alcoholism

 Mimi D'Attomo started bodybuilding when she was in her late 20s. Unfortunately, she became fanatical in her desire to win and turned to drugs. She started mixing chemical cocktails of steroids and diuretics after competing for three years.

Many women, she says, mix potentially harmful combinations of insulin, diuretics, human growth hormone, beta blockers, and anti-wasting HIV drugs. Fortunately for D'Attomo, she stopped using drugs before the side effects became irreversible, but it took her three years to recover. The hormonal withdrawal caused her to gain 40 pounds, made her joints ache and she suffered from depression.

7. Alina Popa

 Alina Popa (born October 12, 1978) is a Romanian-born Swiss professional female bodybuilder. She ranks as the 2nd best female bodybuilder in the IFBB Pro Women's Bodybuilding Ranking List.

8. The thin girl who became a bodybuilding guru

 Monica Mollica/Mowi is a Swedish bodybuilder who started training at 14. She now offers diet and supplement counseling, and body transformation coaching.

Source Oddee