Last month, I linked to Dr. Jan Bondeson's recent essay about people who suffered from hypertrichosis aka "Werewolf syndrome." Seen here is Supatra "Nat" Sasuphan, a six-year-old Thai girl who has congenital hypertrichosis, also called Ambras syndrome. Apparently, the condition only affects one out of every 10 billion people is very very very rare. The photo snip comes from a short article in The Mail On Sunday. More on Sasuphan in the Bangkok Post:
(Nat's mother) Sompol said she hopes the excessive hair will start to fall out when Nat becomes an adult, as has reportedly happened with other Ambras syndrome patients.If it doesn't, Nat's parents said they will reconsider Siriraj Hospital's offer to provide free laser treatments.
Despite Nat's unusual appearance, her classmates, teachers and doting parents have thus far provided a loving and accepting environment that has produced a self-confident and sometimes naughty 6-year-old.
"My friends don't tease me, but I like to play tricks on them sometimes," Nat told Deutsche Presse-Agentur dpa.
Nat's mother, however, acknowledged that sometimes the older children in school teased Nat by calling her "monkey face."
UPDATE: Thanks to everyone who sent in various reasons why the "one out of 10 billion people" statistic, as quoted in the article and mentioned in this Wikipedia entry, is suspect.
