Teen sets record for hairiest face in the world — with 95% of it covered

Teen sets record for hairiest face in the world — with 95% of it covered


He’s a real life Teen Wolf.

Lalit Patidar of India took home a world record for hairiest face on a man after it was determined he had a shocking 201.72 hairs per square centimeter of skin — meaning over 95% of his face is covered in hair, according to Guinness World Records.

Patidar, 18, was born with an extremely rare condition called hypertrichosis, known as werewolf syndrome, which causes excessive hair growth. Since the Middle Ages, only 50 cases have been documented, making the chance to get it one in a billion.

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Lalit Patidar who was born with the extremely rare condition of hypertrichosis, has hair over 95% of his face. Continue reading


 

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