A Superman fan has taken his obsession with the flying superhero to new heights, undergoing multiple surgical procedures to look like his idol. Over the past decade, Herbert Chavez has had surgery on his nose, cheeks, lips, chin and thighs, as well as injections to whiten his skin, in a bid to resemble the Man of Steel.
'Superman is my idol. I want to look like him,' the 35-year-old Filipino said. 'That's why I copied his nose and the proportion of Superman's face.' During the day Chavez works as a dress designer - sometimes wearing thick-rammed glasses to mimic Superman's Earthly incarnation Clark Kent. But like Kent, he transforms into a cape-wearing crusader at will.
His 'super power' is teaching children good values rather than saving toppling buildings with his bare hands (since he is yet to find a way to acquire actual supernatural skills). 'We should show them that even if you're just a regular father or mother, anybody can become a superhero,' he said.
'Doing good to someone, to your neighbourhood or to your social life, that makes you a superhero.' Chavez, who has been a fan of the superhero since he was a child, has amassed a huge collection of Superman memorabilia over the years, and has even designed his own Superman costumes.
But his obsession with his idol has yet to peak - he's planning to insert metal into his legs to taller and have sculpting on his abdomen to give him a more Superman-like appearance.
A Superman fan has taken his obsession with the flying superhero to new heights, undergoing multiple surgical procedures to look like his idol. Over the past decade, Herbert Chavez has had surgery on his nose, cheeks, lips, chin and thighs, as well as injections to whiten his skin, in a bid to resemble the Man of Steel.