A COLOMBIAN man cut off his nose and mutilated his face to look like a skeleton

Eric Yeiner Hincapié Ramírez, 22, has renamed himself Kalaca Skull, after two years worth of extreme surgery.

Colombian man Kalaca Skull, 22, sliced off his nose to look like a skull

The tattoo artist says he has been obsessed with skills since childhood – but he got really serious about looking like one when his mum died.

His gruesome procedures include having the bottom half of his nose removed and his ear lobes cut off.

He split his tongue in two and dyed it grey, then had dark eye sockets permanently inked onto his face.

Kalaca Skull had skeletal teeth shaded around his mouth.

He says people cross the street to avoid him

Kalace Skull says he has been obsessed with skulls since he was a child

He says he waited until his mum died before undergoing his more extreme surgery

He has been slammed in the media and by members of the public back in Colombia for his macabre look.

But his Instagram feed is littered with pics of fans greeting him in the street and posing for selfies.

He told Rio Noticias website in Colombia: “Body modifications are a personal decision and should not be judged.

“It is like judging a woman for getting breast or buttock implants.

His extreme make over includes having his earlobes cut off, tongue dyed grey and eye sockets tattooed onto his face

Fans pose with his for selfies which he posts to his Instagram account

Real name Eric Yeiner Hincapié Ramírez, he has been undergoing extreme surgical procedures for the last two years

He has hit back at critics of his dramatic look

He has been slammed in the media and by members of the public back in Colombia for his macabre appearance

“For me, a skull is like my sister, a part of my family really, I feel very attached to them.”

He described being transformed into a walking talking skull as a “dream come true”.

He added: “I am a normal person who just happens to look a lot different than most other people.

“It’s like a different way of thinking, of dressing, a different style of music. I just feel good the way I am.”

But Kalaca says he does notice many people crossing the street to avoid passing him.

His Halloween aesthetic joins the ranks of Zombie Boy, who appeared in a Lady Gaga music video.