Boy With 80% of Body Covered With Bloody Dots Was at Risk of Cancer, He’s Now 7

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This boy was born with a severe condition called giant congenital melanocytic nevus, where 80 percent of his body was covered in birthmarks, but it was not the appearance of the boy’s skin but the threat that the condition posed to his life that really had doctors worried.