Plastic Surgery to Look Like Superman
Makenzie on 3 Oct 2011 at 1:00pm
A man in the Philippines has had multiple cosmetic surgeries in order to look like Superman.
Reporter Marie Lozano of Bandila news Tweeted this picture earlier as a teaser to her upcoming story:
With the translating help of Maureen F. from our doctor advisory team, we’ve been able to suss out some of the details of this story. We’ll continue to update as we understand more.
According to the report, Superman wannabe Herbert Chavez, 35, has been going under the knife since 1995 to achieve his heroic appearance. So far he’s had:
Confirmed:
- Chin augmentation (for the cleft)
- Rhinoplasty (he wants Christopher Reeves’ nose)
- Silicone injections to his lips
- Thigh implants
Speculated (just look at the before and after!)
In the segment, a psychiatrist (who has not treated Chavez) suggests he has Body Dysmorphic Disorder, meaning he's obsessed with making cosmetic changes to his body.
Chavez is said to be a pageant trainer -- though we’re not sure exactly what that means. Our best guess is beauty pageants -- he does seem to have a thing about perfect looks. He's also obsessed with all things Superman, as further evidenced by the memorabilia in and outside of his house.
It’s not too uncommon for plastic surgery patients to request celeb faces or features. But asking to look like a fictional character is different story. However there are real actors who’ve portrayed Superman, and Chavez’s look seems to be an amalgamation of a few of them.
Extreme plastic surgery like this has always been controversial. Based on this photo, do you think Chavez took plastic surgery too far in his attempt to look like his fictional hero?
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Does he look like Kirk Alyn, George Reeves, Christopher Reeve, Brandon Routh or Henry Cavill?
No.
Does he look like Superman of the comic books? That is ... opinion.
He writes like a woman.
Most people who undergo multiple cosmetic surgery are looking for happiness in the wrong places.
How on Earth do you know if this man is happy ... or not?
And you're not Clark Kent ... 2011 or any year.
The man above is a human being. Why not try remembering that.
OK Lois?
But if a person continues to go to a cosmetic surgeon endlessly, then he or she is trying to fix something that cannot be fixed ... cosmetically.
The problem then is in the ... head.
The brain.
Body dysmorphia is a real mental disorder. People who suffer from it cannot help it anymore than a person with a brain tumor can.
Beyond that, what do you think about surgeons that continued to work on MJ's nose even when he had almost no cartilage left.
The first rule of medicine is: Do no harm. Many of these cosmetic surgeons know their patients suffer from body dysmorphia and should receive psychiatric help rather than an operation.
He was legally adopted by the Jonathan and Martha Kent after he arrived from the planet Krypton.
Some might consider that Superman, his alter ego, is an illegal alien. But that do not know that he is Clark Kent who enjoys all the rights and privileges of an American citizen,
Clark Kent/Superman is as all American as apple pie.
If he suffers from body dysmorphia, I doubt he is happy.
We don't that he has that disorder, but it is a fair assumption.
Was Michael Jackson ever happy despite going the surgeon over and over again?
Textbook case of body dysmorphia.
Then stay far away from cosmetic surgeons.
But he is not a member of any human race because he was born on the planet Krypton.
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