This story is based on an interview with Mark Tortorella, 61, a retired firefighter and medic from Chicago . It has been edited for length and clarity.
I don’t fit the profile of someone who has had plastic surgery. Many people think the typical patient is a well-to-do woman, not a former firefighter-medic from a middle-class background.
Still, there’s less stigma for men now, and it was a very personal and empowering decision to go ahead.
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The idea first came to my attention in 2011 after my wife…
