{"id":13248,"date":"2025-09-16T15:23:45","date_gmt":"2025-09-16T15:23:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/readmore.cx\/?p=13248"},"modified":"2025-09-16T15:24:01","modified_gmt":"2025-09-16T15:24:01","slug":"a-man-spent-80000-and-got-countless-tattoos-piercings-and-surgeries-to-look-like-a-dragon-heres-what-he-used-to-look-like","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/readmore.cx\/?p=13248","title":{"rendered":"A man spent $80,000 and got countless tattoos, piercings, and surgeries to look like a dragon: here\u2019s what he used to look like"},"content":{"rendered":"

This man spent $80,000 and underwent several surgeries to transform into a dragon\u00a0\ud83d\ude31. Until the age of 40, he worked as a financial advisor, had a family and a son, but one day he decided to change his life. He started with 79 piercings all over his body, then covered his face and body with tattoos resembling scales\u00a0\ud83d\ude32. He also split his tongue and had implants placed in his forehead\u00a0\ud83d\ude31.<\/p>\n

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Richard Hernandez, better known as\u00a0Tiamat Legion Medusa<\/strong>, has become one of the most recognizable figures in the world of extreme body modifications.<\/p>\n

He once worked in banking and had a stable career, but inside he always felt that he was living a life that wasn\u2019t truly his own. Since his youth, Hernandez had dreamed of transforming, but for many years he held back due to social norms and job requirements.<\/p>\n

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The turning point came after the age of forty. That was when he realized he no longer wanted to hide his true identity and decided to dedicate himself fully to transformations.<\/p>\n

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\u201cI was over 40 before I started living my true freak life\u2026 At that time, I already had 79 piercings, most of them hidden,\u201d admits Medusa.<\/p>\n

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This man spent $80,000 and underwent several surgeries to transform into a dragon\u00a0\ud83d\ude31. Until the age of 40, he worked as a financial advisor, had a family and a son, but one day he decided to change his life. He started with 79 piercings all over his body, then covered his face and body with…<\/p>\n

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