A man who was obsessed with looking like a parrot has undergone a six-hour operation to cut off his ears and now he wants to turn his nose into a beak.
Ted Richards, 56, from Hartcliffe in Bristol, gave his ears to a friend who he said would ‘appreciate them’ and is now planning his next date under the operating table.
Reflecting on his newly shaped head, he said: ‘I think it looks really great. I love it. It’s the best thing that has happened to me.
‘I am so happy it’s unreal, I can’t stop looking in the mirror.
‘I’ve done it because I want to look like my parrots as much as possible.’
‘I’ve had my hair long for so many years my ears have been covered up.
While to many cutting off your ears would seem unthinkable the retired shoe factory worker has a fondness for extreme body art.
His other forms of decoration include a peace sign on his left shoulder, which was branded on with a 750C hot iron, and two magnets implanted in his hands.
‘The sad truth of life though is that if you want something badly enough you will eventually find someone willing to do it.
‘I would like to think whoever did this is not medically qualified because that would call into judgement their ethics and morals.
‘As an accredited plastic surgeon you have to have a great sense of moral and ethical responsibility.
‘I can only assume the ethical code and moral compass of whoever did this does not.’
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