‘Tree Man’ Asks Surgeons to Amputate His Hands Due to Pain of Bark-Like Growths

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‘Tree Man’ Asks Surgeons to Amputate His Hands Due to Pain of Bark-Like Growths
Bangladeshi man Abul Bajandar, widely known as "Tree Man" in Dhaka Medical College Hospital in Dhaka on Jan. 4, 2017. Sam Jahan/AFP/Getty Images
Simon Veazey
Simon Veazey
Freelance Reporter
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The Bangladeshi man known as “tree man” for the bark-like growths on his hands and feet has asked doctors to amputate his hands after dozens of operations failed to stop the painful lesions from growing back.

Abul Bajandar, 28, suffers from epidermodysplasia verruciformis, a genetic skin condition so rare that only 10 people in the world are known to suffer from it.

Simon Veazey
Simon Veazey
Freelance Reporter
Simon Veazey is a UK-based journalist who has reported for The Epoch Times since 2006 on various beats, from in-depth coverage of British and European politics to web-based writing on breaking news.
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