For the balloon implants in her face, Xiao’s family is still trying to raise money to follow up treatments. They have just managed $, 828 and much more may be required till she is fully well again. Xiao isn’t the only person to suffer such a bizarre condition. There is another man from Bangladesh suffering from a condition that has made people call him the Tree Man.
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Abdul Bajandar 27 from Bangladesh was diagnosed with an even rarer condition than Xiao called epidermodysplasia verruciformis making him one of four people in the world to be afflicted with the disease.
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People call him the tree man since he looks like one. Bajandar had 11 pounds of skin growths that resembled trees on his hands leaving him helpless in performing tasks like carrying his daughter.
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Bajandar underwent 16 surgeries till he was finally cured to some extent of the condition. In fact according to Samanta Lal Sen, plastic surgery coordinator in Dhaka Medical College hospital, Bajandar’s surgery was a milestone in the history of the hospital and medical science. Almost all the bizarre warts were removed from the man’s hands.
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