Man Spends Thousands On Plastic Surgery To Become An Elf
Luis Padron from Buenos Aires, Argentina, has spent for than $30,000 to transform himself into a real-life elf. Padron says path to becoming an elf began in school, where he was bullied for his wild hairstyles and strange fashion sense. He tells the Daily Mail, "I was bullied as a child and as an escape I would submerge myself in fantasy movies like Labyrinth and The NeverEnding Story, as well as other fantasy tales."
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00:00 Luis Padron from Buenos Aires, Argentina has spent more than $30,000 to transform himself
00:05 into a real-life elf.
00:08 Padron says his path to becoming an elf began in school, where he was bullied for his wild
00:12 hairstyles and strange fashion sense.
00:15 He tells the Daily Mail, "I was bullied as a child, and as an escape, I would submerge
00:19 myself in fantasy movies like Labyrinth and The NeverEnding Story, as well as other fantasy
00:24 tales."
00:25 The NeverEnding Story and Labyrinth, a man of my own heart.
00:28 I love those movies.
00:29 In addition to the surgeries, Padron also spends $5,000 a month on beauty products that
00:35 help lighten his skin to get that perfection that he wants as an elf.
00:39 And I thought elves just had, you know, rosy cheeks.
00:42 He also runs a cosplay store online to support all of this and his surgery.
00:46 And he's still not done.
00:48 He told reporters, "I want to have my ears cut to become pointy like an elf's, my jaw
00:53 to look more sharp like a diamond, there's also a surgery to make you taller, and I will
00:57 remove four of my ribs too."
00:59 That is some dedication.
01:00 But it's beautiful and cool to look at, and a fun story to tell, so thank you.
01:04 And Luis is not the only person to wildly transform himself to this degree.
01:08 Vinny O. from Los Angeles has spent over $50,000 on over 110 procedures in the pursuit of becoming
01:14 a genderless extraterrestrial.
01:18 There's also Eric Sprague, better known as the Lizard Man, who has covered himself in
01:21 scaly tattoos, filed his teeth, bifurcated his tongue, and implanted silicone bumps on
01:27 his brow.
01:28 Would you ever get modifications like these?
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