Moving footage captures the moment a mother broke down in tears after failing to recognise her own son following his dramatic plastic surgery for a TV show.

Noppajit Monlin, 22, suffered from a twisted jaw that left him unable to chew and depressed about the way he looked.

The facial deformity meant he was shunned during his lunch break by coworkers at the factory he works in in Thailand.

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Moving footage captures the moment a mother broke down in tears after failing to recognise her own son following his dramatic plastic surgery for a TV show. Noppajit Monlin, 22, suffered from a twisted jaw that left him unable to chew and depressed about the way he looked

But after the young man went under the knife for popular Thai show Let Me In Thailand, he got the overhaul he wanted, boosting his confidence.

But so radical was his transformation that his own mother took a moment to recognise her boy, admitting she missed his natural face.

But Noppajit's mother could not recognise her own son and said she missed her boy's natural face.

Noppajit underwent jaw, forehead, and eyelid surgery as well as having salivary gland botox injections to fix his excessive drooling.

The facial deformity meant he was shunned during his lunch break by coworkers at the factory he works in in Thailand. But after the young man went under the knife for popular Thai show Let Me In Thailand, he got the overhaul he wanted, boosting his confidence

He also had skin treatments to get rid of his spots.

His mother said after seeing him for the first time: 'I really miss him, and I'm not acting.

'Mum, do you remember me? Look at me,' Noppajit asked her as she continued to sob.

She replied: 'Is it you? Is it really you?'

But so radical was his transformation that his own mother took a moment to recognise her boy, admitting she missed his natural face. But Noppajit's mother could not recognise her own son and said she missed her boy's natural face

Noppajit underwent jaw, forehead, and eyelid surgery as well as having salivary gland botox injections to fix his excessive drooling. Noppajit told the camera: 'People say I'm a different person. I feel much better. Before, people said my face was not normal and society didn't accept me, now I have more friends.'

Noppajit told the camera: 'People say I'm a different person. I feel much better. Before, people said my face was not normal and society didn't accept me, now I have more friends.'

But he also said he is still in love with his girlfriend, a 26-year-old transgender woman he met on social media.

His love, identified as Tob, said: 'I'm protective of him, but I'm not scared [of him leaving me]. We've trusted each other since the beginning.'