A little baby girl who was born with a rare genetic condition called Werewolf Syndrome
Mother's love: Savita
Sambhaji Raut, 26, holds her 21-day-old baby daughter, who was born with a rare
genetic condition called Werewolf Syndrome
Happy family: Werewolf
Sisters, left to right, Savitri Sambhaji Raut, 17, Savita Sambhaji Raut, 26,
Laxmi Sambhaji Raut, 15, and Manisha Sambhaji Raut, 19, gather around newborn
baby, foreground
Unconditional love: Anita
Sambhaji Raut, 45, mother of the werewolf sisters holds on to her grand
daughter who is also born with lots of hair on her body
Snooze: Fast asleep, the
22-day-old Werewolf baby girl, who is yet to be named by her parents, catches
some shuteye at her home in Maharashtra, India
Covered head to toe in
hair, this newborn baby is the latest addition to the aptly named Werewolf
family.
The 22-day-old baby
inherited a rare gene carried in her family which leads to a disorder
known as Werewolf Syndrome.
Her mother Savita Sambhaji
Raut, 26, said she feared for her daughter's future after she inherited the
condition but accepted her fate.
And she said it did not
matter what her child looked like, she would love her unconditionally.
Speaking from her home in
Madhavnagar, central India, she said: 'I was so happy to have her alive, but it
upsets me.'
She added: 'I am scared for
her future but God has chosen us to be like this.
'I am her mother so I have
to accept her and get on with life.'
Her daughter, who is yet to
be named, is one of only a few hundred people in the world to be born with
Werewolf Syndrome.
There is no cure to the
condition, otherwise known as hypertrichosis.
But this makes no
difference to the tot's father Mil-ind who said he just overjoyed to have a daughter.
The two distinct types of
hypertrichosis are generalized hypertrichosis, which occurs over the entire body,
and localized hypertrichosis, which is restricted to a certain area.
Hypertrichosis can be
either congenital, which is present from birth, or acquired later in life.
The excess growth of hair
occurs in areas of the skin with the exception of androgen-dependent hair of
the pubic area, face, and axillary regions
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