A man spent £20,000 transforming his body, including horns implanted into his head and a split tongue.
Mattia Muratori, a night supervisor operative from London, has so many tattoos he has lost count along with an array of body modifications.
They include eye tattoos, a split tongue, ear pointing, eye scarification, a subdermal spider implant in his chest, subdermal spine implants in his thumbs and transdermal implants in his head.
The 27-year-old was born and raised in Italy but has lived in London for the last eight years.
Mattia moved to London from Italy in 2014, but it was not until 2019 he began getting extremely modified starting with his eye tattoos.
He has always been interested in body modification and as a young child in Italy wondered how someone could achieve a more demonic look.
After watching an episode of the Guinness World Records show he spotted Maria Jos Cristerna who is recognised as being the most tattooed woman in the world which fuelled his fascination for body modifications .
Mattia said: "I have always been interested and curious about demonology and demonic looks, I am not a believer of angelic or devilish creatures themselves, but since I was a kid, I always asked myself 'is there a way for a person to achieve such a look.
"Of course that question of mine remained unanswered for many years.
"Until one day when an episode of Guinness World Records started, I was honored to visualise Maria Jos Cristerna on screen.
"'There, there it is' I said to myself, 'body modifications', thanks to her charming personality and outstanding look, I was just listening to Maria when she was explaining her modifications and how she got them done, that was my introduction to this world.
"Later on, I went deeper into this topic and found out way more that I needed to know.
"The only thing was for me to wait to reach the age of 18 and to be independent, and then get it started.
"Curiosity at the time, and willing to aesthetically change later were the primary factors of this path of mine."
Mattia previously did not feel comfortable in his skin and was he said 'just like an average person' but had a constant desire to stand out.
He said: "Before the transformation I was feeling like any other average looking human being on this planet.
"I started getting modified just with tattoos around 2012, I was still living in Italy at that time, and just turned 18.
"One year later I moved to London and I started getting extremely modified in 2019.
"My first body modification was my eyes in 2019, but because I was very skeptical about my personal luck, I didn't choose to do both eyes for fear that something bad would have occurred.
"Even though I did all the research about the artist and they are 100 per cent trustworthy in all aspects, I still didn't want to inject both at the same time. You know, prevention is better than cure.
"My will to change my appearance to feel unique towards myself was what brought me joy
"I did a great deal of research about the extreme body modification world, and it helped me to fulfill my wish to be unique."
He has spent around £20,000 transforming himself and he wants to get his whole body covered in tattoos, but is not keeping a tally of how many he has had.
Mattia said: "If we have to put everything together with tattoos and body mods, we at about £20,000.
"I can't really count my tattoos, I'm planning to get my body fully covered so the number of tattoos is not something I'm looking at.
"In terms of modifications I have my eyes tattooed, a split tongue, ears pointed, eye scarification, a subdermal spider implant in my chest, subdermal spine implants in my thumbs and transdermal implants in my head.
"The most painful tattoo was the traditional wolf being stabbed by a dagger behind my head.
"The most painful extreme body modification was the split tongue, not really because of the procedure, mostly because of its healing process.
"My most recent modification is my second pair of transdermal implants on my forehead. I'm currently waiting for the manufacturer to create and send me new options."
Mattia has received some harsh judgements on his unique look. but he loves it.
He said: "The thing is that we don't do it for other people, and I'm referring to those who really care about themselves and they are serious about the matter, because unfortunately there are some attention seekers in this world.
"We like to look in the mirror, smile and be proud of ourselves for our courage, change and achievements, without the need of any other person's opinion."
Mattia also receives compliments on his look and he prefers to focus on those.
He said: "People may still call me a demon, but they mean it in a nice way they say 'you're a very gentle demon, I really like your personality.
"Or a popular one is you look like an evil version of Baldur from the last game of God Of War and it's so badass' gaming is a hobby of mine, so I quite like that one.
"Some even go as far as to say 'you're an idol to me'."
