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Susie Beever & Nisha Mal

Boy, 10, with uncombable hair due to rare condition 'gawked' at in street by strangers

A boy with a rare condition believed to have afflicted Albert Einstein says he is "stopped in the street" because of his frizzy hair.

Sam Barley says he's learned to embrace his "weird and wiry" hair which refuses to be combed flat.

The genetic condition known as Uncontrollable Hair Syndrome is thought to affect just 100 people worldwide, and means the 10-year-old has bright blonde frizzy hair which stands on end.

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