May 16th, 2008
Werewolf Boy overcomes his differences
by: Sarah

Pruthviraj Patil

What an incredible young man. I have read a few stories of remarkable youngsters, but this one is especially awesome.  I have heard cases like this a few times before, but not of a boy with such confiden

Pruthviraj Patil has suffered from hypertrichosis, a rare genetic condition also known as Werewolf Syndrome, since birth. He is believed to be one of only 50 people in the world with the condition.

Patil rarely leaves his home town in India for fear of strangers reactions.  Children at his school used to tease him, but now they accept him as if he didn’t suffer from hypertrichosis, aka werewolf syndrome.

Sad thing is, not even laser hair removal will work for him.  So now he appealing to doctors to seek out a permanent cure.

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Info: Posted May 16th, 2008  in Newsmakers, World News
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