This was on the BBC News website on the 18th April 2008
Alex Lenkei has been practising hypnosis since the age of 16
Going under and ‘feeling ace’
A hypnotist from West Sussex has undergone surgery on his right hand without a general anaesthetic.
Alex Lenkei, 61, from Worthing, chose to sedate himself by hypnosis before undergoing the 83-minute [...]