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news hairy brow family 270312 HAIR TODAY GONE TOMORROW HOPE FOR 'WEREWOLF SYNDROME' FAMILY A Nepalese family with a rare kind of facial hair travelled from their remote village home to the Nepalese capital Kathmandu to receive medical treatment, which they hope will change their life for better. Devi Budhathoki, 37, the mother along with her two daughters - Manjura aged 13, Niraj, 12, and 5 year-old Mandira - have been diagnosed by doctors at Kathmandu Model Hospital as having the rare congenital condition called hypertrichosis, which causes hair to sprout between their eyes and across their brows. Also known as 'werewolf syndrome', sufferers are said to resemble the mythical furry lycanthrope. Shankar Man Rai, the surgeon treating the family at Kathmandu Model Hospital, said that the rare genetic mutation could have transferred from the mother to her children. He is confident that a course of laser therapy can remove what has felt like a curse - due to the constant taunts and jibes of the public. Devi said: "More than myself, I'm worried about my children They are mocked by their class mates. "My children have talked about the new life ever since we received the word that the hospital is going to treat us. My son has told his friends that he will be back with a new face and they can no longer tease him." Nepal - 27.03.12

Vzácnou genetickou poruchou můžou trpět i celé rodiny. Na fotografii pořízené v březnu loňského roku vidíte nepálskou rodinu Budhathokiových, která žije v Káthmándú. Kromě matky Devi jsou hypertrichózou postiženy také její děti Manjura, Niraj a Mandira. | Foto: Profimédia