A man obsessed with looking like a parrot endured a six-hour operation to cut off his ears and now he wants to turn 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.
Ted, who has 110 tattoos, 50 piercings and a split tongue, is happy to put his body on the line as a visual tribute to his beloved parrots Ellie, Teaka, Timneh, Jake and Bubi.
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.
'I have to admit I did used to get teased at school about my ears but that not the reason I've had it done.'
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.
Animal lover Ted shares his home with his parrots, his South American iguana Iggy and his pitbull Candy.
He scours the internet looking for new procedures and says his facial transformation is for his 'babies' - Ellie, a green winged macaw, and Teaka, a harlequin macaw.
Ted is over the moon about his new look but one problem he has faced is keeping his glasses in place.
To stop his specs falling off his head he has had small metal pins added to the side of his head.
He said:'I went to the supermarket the other day and when I went in I said 'blimey it's so windy out there it blew my ears off and everybody had a chuckle.
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.
Ted, who has 110 tattoos, 50 piercings and a split tongue, is happy to put his body on the line as a visual tribute to his beloved parrots Ellie, Teaka, Timneh, Jake and Bubi.
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.
'I have to admit I did used to get teased at school about my ears but that not the reason I've had it done.'
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.
Animal lover Ted shares his home with his parrots, his South American iguana Iggy and his pitbull Candy.
He scours the internet looking for new procedures and says his facial transformation is for his 'babies' - Ellie, a green winged macaw, and Teaka, a harlequin macaw.
Ted is over the moon about his new look but one problem he has faced is keeping his glasses in place.
To stop his specs falling off his head he has had small metal pins added to the side of his head.
He said:'I went to the supermarket the other day and when I went in I said 'blimey it's so windy out there it blew my ears off and everybody had a chuckle.
'There's no doubt that when they made me they broke the mould.
'But seriously, I love the fact that I'm unique and I have always wanted to be different.'
The practice of removing someone's ears was historically done as an act of physical punishment in England called 'cropping.'
Marc Pacifico, a consultant plastic surgeon and member of the British Association of Aesthetic Plastic Surgeons, slammed the surgery.
He said: 'I am absolutely horrified to learn that someone has voluntarily put themselves forward for this to be done and possibly more so that he found somebody to actually carry it out.
'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.'
'But seriously, I love the fact that I'm unique and I have always wanted to be different.'
The practice of removing someone's ears was historically done as an act of physical punishment in England called 'cropping.'
Marc Pacifico, a consultant plastic surgeon and member of the British Association of Aesthetic Plastic Surgeons, slammed the surgery.
He said: 'I am absolutely horrified to learn that someone has voluntarily put themselves forward for this to be done and possibly more so that he found somebody to actually carry it out.
'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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Source : Mirror , DailyMail
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