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Born Different! Real Life of The Wolfboy
Aug 3, 2020
A schoolboy, Lalit Patidar from India suffers from a rare condition known as 'werewolf syndrome' which has left his entire face blanketed in hair. Lalit Patidar, 13, from Ratlam in the central Indian state of Madhya Pradesh, was born with congenital hypertrichosis. The incurable condition causes abnormal amounts of fine hairs up to 5cm long to grow on a person's face, arms and other parts of their body. 
Lalit, who is successful and popular at school, says he is usually accepting of his appearance but strangers sometimes throw stones and call him a 'monkey'. Despite his condition, the teenager says he dreams of one day becoming a police officer and 'putting all thieves and criminals in jail'.
Lalit said: 'I was born with too much hair on my face and this makes me different. Sometimes I wish I was like other children, but I cannot do much about it. I have got used to the way I am, and I am usually comfortable with myself.'
Lalit's 42-year-old mother, Parvatibai, looks after a family of 14 at their home, including Lalit's five sisters. She said: 'In the first half an hour after Lalit was born, I was amazed to see his body covered in an extraordinary amount of hair. We immediately asked the local paediatrician to examine him, who trimmed off his excess hair and said that there is no cure for this. I have five daughters and we prayed at a lot of temples to have a son. Our prayers were answered when Lalit was born. He is different but still very special for me because he was born after many special prayers.'
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