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You’d be forgiven for thinking Jenya Bolotov is totally quackers.<\/p>\n

Because the platypus-loving designer has spent seven years\u00a0transforming himself into a human version of the furry duck-billed creature.<\/p>\n

The 26 year old from Russia has put himself through hours of excruciating pain stretching eight parts of his face beyond all recognition to achieve his bizarre look.<\/p>\n

Jenya has had both of his ear lobes, his nostrils, septum and his top and bottom lip stretched to over nine and a half inches altogether.<\/p>\n

He is also the only person in the world to have the very top bridge of his nose stretched.<\/p>\n

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\"Jenya<\/div>
Can I have the bill please? Jenya Bolotov has modelled himself on a platypus<\/strong><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

And Jenya says he won’t stop gouging his body until he realises his vision.<\/p>\n

He explained: “I love platypus – the way they look and even the word ‘platypus’ itself. I like the way my stretched face and lips now look like a platypus bill.<\/p>\n

“All of the modifications I have added to my body make me feel whole. This is what I am now. It is what I have always wanted to be.”<\/p>\n

Growing up, Jenya was shy and felt like he didn’t fit in with the people around him.<\/p>\n

He said: “I was a very quiet child. When I was a kid, I felt as if I didn’t belong in this world. I felt like it wasn’t my world and that I was looking at it as if from outside.<\/p>\n

“I knew that I would have to genuinely change myself and live differently to feel happy.”<\/p>\n

\"PAY-Jenya-Bolotov\"<\/p>\n

Jenya first became aware of body modifications at the age of ten when he began to explore body piercings.<\/p>\n

Next up was ear-lobe stretching and his transformation began from there. He even stretched his own lobes aged 18 before later discovering lip-stretching customs in African countries.<\/p>\n

He added: “I loved the way it looked – the way you could stretch your body to become who you want to be. It’s such a beautiful art.<\/p>\n

“I had no knowledge of how to do it so I made a lot of mistakes with my earlobes. But it was the start of my journey.<\/p>\n

“Then my friend said that if anyone could achieve a truly big, horizontal lip, they would look like a platypus. I wanted to be like that. I loved the large bill of a platypus.”<\/p>\n

Aged 19, Jenya started the slow and painful process of stretching his own top and bottom lip as he aspired to the look of the egg-laying mammals.<\/p>\n

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\"Jenya<\/div>
Beak practice: Jenya Bolotov modelling at the Mercedes Benz fashion week in Russia<\/strong><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Seven years on, he has finally achieved a stretched size of 58mm on his bottom lip and 33mm on his top lip. And he hasn’t finished yet<\/p>\n

Jenya added: “Externally, I am now a platypus. My resemblance is the way I want it to be. Inside though, I am more like a bird. They’re my spirit animal and they come to me in my dreams.”<\/p>\n

Jenya, who is single, claims his mad modifications don’t affect day-to-day life.<\/p>\n

He said: “I can eat, talk and speak on the phone like everyone else. Nothing has changed at all. I do attract a lot of negative attention when I walk down the street and sometimes people make mean comments.<\/p>\n

“I’m used to it now though and I just try to ignore them.”<\/p>\n

–<\/p>\n

Source: Metro UK<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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