LUIS PADRON: I feel like I want to express of how I feel inside like a fantasy character.
So that’s why plastic surgery is very, very important part of my transformation.
LUIS PADRON: I usually spend around two hours a day to do my makeup until it looks exactly
as I want and I try to make it look as natural as possible. But at the same time looking
fake as a fantasy being.
Hello, everybody! My name is Luis Padron, the Human Elf, or how they call
me on the internet- the Plastic Prince.
LUIS PADRON: I am undergoing plastic surgery to become a real-life fantasy being. I call
myself plastic prince because it’s the mix between fairy-tales and the modern world that
it’s full of plastic. This highlighter in my nose will make it look more smaller and
pointy. I have around forty procedures in total. Some of them are really big and some
of them are really small. I have spend around 60k US dollars in total.
COMM: Plastic surgery is incredibly popular in Luis Padron’s home country of Argentina.
But wanting to look like an Elf is altogether less common.
LUIS PADRON: Under the prosthetic Elf- ears, I have my real ears shaped a bit more pointy
like an Elf. I have my eyes done, I changed the eye colour six times now, I did my nose
two times, fillers in my whole face multiple times. The last one was very heavy. It was
my entire jawline reshaped. They have to cut the bone in four parts, then they removed
a little part from the bone and then they make it really sharp like a diamond.
LUIS PADRON: Some surgeries hurt a lot. I have to admit that sometimes I am like, I
can’t stand it but it’s a part of the journey.
LUIS PADRON: Oh, my family! They didn’t like it at first. They were scared of what
I wanted to do. But then I did my first surgery, then I did my second surgery and my third
surgery. And they were, like, ‘We can’t stop him.’
LUIS PADRON: As a child, I love fantasy movies. Also fantasy books, like Harry Potter or Lord
of The Rings. When I was a teenager, I found these creatures from Love and Light called
Pleiadians. They are perfect human beings from the space. They are mix between Elf and
Aliens. They are very pale, they are very tall, they have this silver long hair, big,
big eyes. And I took them as the icon I want to become.
COMM: It’s not just plastic surgery that helps Luis achieve his Elfish looks.
LUIS PADRON: I use a lot of designer clothing. I use a lot of unique pieces; they are one of
a kind. I wanted to do hair transplant, so, I have to cut it and let it grow black. So
to keep maintaining my Elf look, I started using white wigs. I don’t use the wigs that
often unless it’s a special occasion. I have a huge collection of 500 contact lenses
and I use them all the time. I have different models, different colours. I am a huge, huge,
huge fan of them. These are one of my favourites, the scleral lens. They gives me this fantasy
look, this strange outwardly look that I love. This maybe too much for the doctors, so, I
will change the model.
LUIS PADRON: Now I need the keys and goodbye, fantasy world and hello, real world.
LUIS PADRON: There are certain activities that I can’t do when I am doing plastic
surgery. For example, when I did my jaw I have to eat one month only liquids. It was
very hard for me because I love eating. The reaction in public is really, some are good,
some are bad. But most of them are just, they usually want to take pictures, take selfies
with me. They treat me very well, like a real prince. So I am okay with that.
LUIS PADRON: The people is really-really nice on internet. Some of them are nasty but I
think the problem is not with me, it is with them.
LUIS PADRON: We arrived at the doctor’s place. So we are going to have the meeting
now. I hope everything goes well. Let’s see if I can have the surgery I want.
LUIS PADRON: It was to the other side.
COMM: Today Luis has an appointment with the plastic surgeon about tightening the skin
around his face following his latest jaw surgery.
LUIS PADRON: I still have some surgeries on the way to become what I want to become. I
still need some liftings, then an Adam’s apple reduction, cat eyes, another eye colour
change and then some more fillers, another nose job maybe and I can be done with that.
I also want to add some fangs to my teeth.
DR. GARCIA: I never has an elf patient or a person who wants to become an elf. I think
it’s a privilege and it’s very tempting to perform the surgery because this is the
first time ever I have this opportunity.
LUIS PADRON: I really don’t dress like this to provoke a reaction. I dress like this because
I like to look like this for me and not for the others. It is important for me because
I feel like I want to express of how I feel inside like a fantasy character and I want
to take these to the outside world.