Meet the man who spent 4,400 pounds on surgeries to look like Superman

10 September,2013 05:47 AM IST |   |  ANI

A 35-year-old man from Calamba City, Phillipines, spent 4,400 pounds on 13 surgeries to look like Superman


Superman addict Herbert Chavez transformed himself to the comic book hero by getting nose jobs, skin whitening, lip liposuction, jaw realignment, pec implants and even bum implants, the Mirror reported.


Herbert Chavez (right) in full Superman regalia stands next to a statue of his idol. Pic/AFP

He first fell in love with the super hero as a five-years-old while watching him on TV.

He is also the owner of the world's largest collection of Superman memorabilia totalling 5,000 pieces.u00a0

Chavez a fashion designer by profession dons his self-made cape and shorts-over-tights outfit to live out his life-long obsession in his free time.

Chavez even went so far as to have plastic surgery to transform himself into the Man of Steel having his nose thinned and a cleft made in his chin.

He also had silicone injected for fuller lips, liposuction to flatten out his abdomen, and implants to bulk up his buttocks and hips.

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