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I am watching this show on the E! channel called Born Different about people with certain defects or maladies. This poor guy had a virus that went awry and caused him to grow tree-like growths on his body. Very sad. Our plastic surgery complaints pale in comparison.
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if i remember correctly I think he has the papilloma virus.
but yeah I agree, its very sad for people like that are afflicted like those.
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National Geographic had a special on this fellow or one with the same condition. The fellow on Nat Geo decided to have treatment for his condition. Not sure of his outcome.
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I think I saw pics of the outcome. He wasn't perfect by any means but I think his hands and feet were more normal sized and thus his life was made a bit easier. And they got rid of a lot of stuff on his face, but there was still a lot of scarring.
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Here's a short slide show on him after treatment: http://abcnews.go.com/Primetime/popup?id=5536783I see a very handsome man under those growths. I hope he has some semblance of a normal life now. It is simply incredible to see that virus manifest on his limbs.
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Yes, he has good facial structure. Note, he's wearing a GAP shirt and nice pants. It's almost as if he's modeling for the GAP.
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MissJ wrote:Yes, he has good facial structure. Note, he's wearing a GAP shirt and nice pants. It's almost as if he's modeling for the GAP. I wonder how he got that shirt on over his hands? I would have thought he'd need specially made clothes. Poor guy. I can't imagine what his life must be like.
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Whats fucked up is his wife left him because of his medical problem.....poor guy.
Whats also fucked up is he looks like he would have a pretty attractive face if it was not for his medical problem.
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This is him during treatment:  And after:  EDIT: I also found a video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K8v3VzEyp88I just feel sorry for his hands. They could not heal them fully.
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Sort of puts me in my place- we fuss over such minutiae. His emotional pain must be terrible, poor man
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Too right, Sarah. Perhaps we should have this as a kind of 'sticky' - something to look at whenever we start obsessing.
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