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Former world’s heaviest man to undergo skin removal surgery after shedding immense weight

UK:   A man who was once the world's heaviest is going under the knife in the US to remove excess skin after failing to get the op done on the NHS.

Once tipping the scales at over 440kg (70 stone), Mr Mason, from Ipswich, Suffolk managed to shed a mind-boggling 292kg (46 stone) after gastric bypass surgery five years ago.

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