The nation was shocked when a teenage boy from Madhya Pradesh with the rare medical condition known as "werewolf syndrome" came forward and spoke about his experiences with peer bullying. The ...

We wish to report a newborn girl infant of a diabetic mother with CH with significant hypertrichosis that resolved after 3 months’ replacement treatment with thyroxine. This association has not been ...

A teenager from India, who has the rare condition hypertrichosis, which causes excessive hair growth on the body, has broken an unusual Guinness World Record — for hairiest face. “I am speechless,” ...

This hypertrichosis occurs when lanugo, soft hair found on babies after birth, does not disappear after a few weeks and continues to grow in various places.

Spanish infants are developing “werewolf syndrome” due to their parents taking a popular over-the-counter hair-loss remedy — with nearly one dozen cases since last year, according to a new report.

The European Medicines Agency (EMA) modified the leaflets of medications containing minoxidil, a common treatment for androgenetic alopecia, a common form of hair loss to include warnings about the ...

Werewolf syndrome or Hypertrichosis is a rare medical condition that causes excessive hair growth on the body. While it can impact a person of any religion, region or gender, it is still very uncommon ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. 17 children in Spain developed hypertrichosis, which causes excessive hair growth, after ingesting the wrong prescribed drug.

Julia Pastrana, a Mexican woman who died in 1860, suffered from physical deformities and a condition called hypertrichosis, which resulted in thick dark hair that covered most of her body and face.

Jesus Aceves was born with a rare condition that means he has thick hair all over his face. About 30 members of his family also have hypertrichosis making them almost certainly the hairiest family in ...

Extreme, or general, hypertrichosis, in which the condition affects the entire body, is especially rare. Triggered by a genetic mutation, it is believed to affect roughly one in 340 million people.