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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
Maroosha Muzaffar

Boy with 95 per cent of face covered in hair sets Guinness World Record

Lalit Patidar from Madhya Pradesh in India has a rare condition called 'werewolf syndrome' - (Lalit Patidar/Instagram)

An 18-year-old in India has made history by securing the Guinness world record for the hairiest face on a man.

Lalit Patidar has nearly 202 hairs per square centimetre on his face due to a rare condition called hypertrichosis, or “werewolf syndrome”.

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