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Freddie Bennett & Molly Pennington

Little boy compared to Sideshow Bob thanks to rare condition that makes his hair unruly

Everyone has those days when they get ready for work or school and feel that their hair is misbehaving or not looking quite how they wanted it to. But for one young boy, this is something which he lives with due to a rare condition which means he cannot comb his hair flat.

Sam Barley, 9, from Lincolnshire, suffers from the rare condition known as Uncombable Hair Syndrome, otherwise known as Spun Glass Hair. This is a very rare genetic condition only affecting a known 100 people worldwide and has left the boy being compared to some top A-List celebrities and The Simpsons characters.

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