The Source: Gangland figure undergoes cosmetic surgery to peel back the years

Talk on the mean streets is that a gangland identity who’s known to enjoy a hedonistic lifestyle went under the knife recently, eager to turn back the years after some particularly stressful times.

A gang land identity has undergone cosmetic surgery to peel back the years.

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Word has reached The Source that a gangland identity linked to all sorts of criminal activity in Melbourne has peeled back the years.

Talk on the mean streets is that the fellow concerned recently had surgery done to maintain youthful looks which have perhaps been tested by some stressful times and a hedonistic lifestyle.

There were rumours that the bloke might have met a sticky fate when he vanished from sight a while back but it turned out word of his death was greatly exaggerated.

Word has reached The Source that a gangland identity has peeled back the years using a little cosmetic touch-up. Picture: iStock

Rumours swirled the underworld identity resorted to similar methods used in the Hollywood film "Face/Off" starring John Travolta and Nicolas Cage. Picture: AP Photo

Idle speculation he might have gone the full Nicolas Cage-John Travolta route from the 1997 film Face/Off, in which their characters have surgery to swap faces, is wide of the mark.

We’re assured the work was just a tidy-up.

Our man would be a long way from the first crime figure to reinstate his appearance via the scalpel.

One of the city’s most feared bikie bosses had a major trim up years ago in an attempt to beat Father Time.

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