Baby born with thick black hair covering half his body – Occurs in about 1 in 20,000 babies

Doctors in India they were surprised to see one baby who was born with big dark eyes hairs which covered half of his body, specifically 60%, as he suffers from a rather rare condition.

According to nypost.com, the incident took place at CHC Bawan Hardoi in Uttar Pradesh district. There a woman gave birth to one baby who has long black hair on 60% of his bodywhich look like animal fur.

The experts diagnosed him as suffering from giant congenital melanocytic nevus with Dr. Ikram Hussain to note that this is a “skin condition characterized by an abnormally dark, non-cancerous patch of skin».

In fact, it is a condition that it occurs in about 1 in 20,000 infants worldwide and “it usually grows at the same rate as the body grows and finally to have a diameter of at least 40 centimeters”.

As experts report, the complications of the giant congenital melanocytic nevus are not only cosmetic, since they can increase the chances of skin cancer, or hairs can grow on the brain, resulting in severe headaches, vomiting, migraines and seizures.

Source: News Beast

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