A body modification addict has said people call him the “devil” and tell him he shouldn’t be a dad.
Pedro Henrique Silva dos Santos started amending his appearance eight years ago and today is totally unrecognisable from back then.
The dad-of-two is covered in tattoos and has silicone implants in his head to “give the impression of horns”.
Pedro is dedicated to his art but admits it has been a painful journey at times.
The 31-year-old has had to deal with the physical agony of the modifications, but also the judgements of others that come with it.
“When people call me the devil, I don’t like it because the devil is a bad person,” he told Need To Know.
“I’m a good-hearted person.
“I just have an extravagant appearance.”
Pedro has even had comments about his suitability as a dad.
He said: “I’ve heard people saying, ‘look at this father’s manner, what an example he sets for his children.”
“But no one knows the way I am, the way I treat my children with a lot of love and affection.
“I’ve never hit my children and even with all my modifications, they respect me a lot.”
Pedro says his family – including wife, Vanessa Mendes dos Santos, 27, and children Micaelly, 10, and Pyetro, four – are very supportive.
And ultimately, he doesn’t worry about his appearance, or care what people have to say about it.
He said: “Appearance means nothing to me.
“I see so many parents these days without any tattoos abandoning their own children and mistreating them.
“It’s crazy.
“Where I live, people know me well and know I’m an excellent father.
“But there will always be places where people criticise and say, ‘look at the state of that father, he looks like Satan.”
“I simply don’t care.
“My appearance does not define the person I am, I am a responsible father.
“I am happy and I do not intend to stop.”
Pedro has spent around £2,000 on his procedures to date in his native Brazil.
