Madhya Pradesh teen with rare 'Werewolf Syndrome' shares his harrowing experience

A Seventeen-year-old Lalit Patidar from Madhya Pradesh has experienced a lifetime of ridicule because of a rare condition known as the 'werewolf syndrome'.

As is evident from the name, the rare condition causes extreme hair growth all over the body. Lalit, a resident of Nandleta village, was diagnosed with the condition - medically known as hypertrichosis - at the age of 6. The pictures of the teen has been shared on several social media platforms and show his face and hands completely covered in hair.

As per a report by the Indian Express, Lalit Patidar has been bullied by his classmates who are scared he will bite them. The teenager has been dubbed a "monkey man" because of his condition.

Lalit Patidar keeps shaving the overgrowing hair covering his body like animal fur, the Indian Express report further said.

"I come from a normal family, my father is a farmer, and I am currently a senior in high school studying in 12th grade and at the same time I help my father in his farming work," he is quoted as saying by the Daily Star.

"I have had this hair my whole life, my parents say the doctor shaved me at birth but I didn't really notice anything was different about me until I was around six or seven years old. That's when I first took notice that the hair was growing all over my body like no one else I knew," he added.

The teenager said there is no cure for the condition and he has "learned to live with it". He further added that children used to throw stones at him when he was young, claiming that he was some kind of mythical creature.

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