A young man in Argentina has spend over $30,000 on elaborate plastic surgeries in an attempt to transform himself into an elf!
Luis Padron says that being bullied as a child led him to escape into the world of fantasy fiction which is populated by all manner of unique and interesting entities.
Over the course of his teenage years, he became obsessed with the idea of becoming an elf and, at the age of 20, started pursuing that goal with his first surgery.
Over the subsequent five years, Padron has spent a small fortune on surgeries ranging from laser skin bleaching to operations on his nose as well as his jaw and his journey of transformation is far from finished.
Find out more on this remarkable story at the Coast to Coast AM website.