{"id":839014,"date":"2025-04-04T16:12:46","date_gmt":"2025-04-04T21:12:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/2025\/04\/04\/watch-indian-teen-with-werewolf-syndrome-earns-guinness-world-record\/"},"modified":"2025-04-04T16:12:46","modified_gmt":"2025-04-04T21:12:46","slug":"watch-indian-teen-with-werewolf-syndrome-earns-guinness-world-record","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/2025\/04\/04\/watch-indian-teen-with-werewolf-syndrome-earns-guinness-world-record\/","title":{"rendered":"Watch: Indian teen with &#8216;werewolf syndrome&#8217; earns Guinness World Record"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<div>\n<article itemprop=\"articleBody\">\n<p>\n\t\t\t\t<iframe width=\"560\" height=\"315\" data-ll=\"1\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/mdZGvpOvDhs?si=FITLb7Anmm5YvAzh\" title=\"YouTube video player\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\t\t\t<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><span>March 7 (UPI) &#8212;<\/span> An 18-year-old from India was awarded the Guinness World Record for the hairiest face on a person when officials determined he had 201.72 hairs per square centimeter of skin.<\/p>\n<p>Lalit Patidar <a href=\"https:\/\/www.guinnessworldrecords.com\/news\/2025\/3\/indian-teenager-with-one-in-a-billion-werewolf-syndrome-breaks-hairiest-face-record\" target=\"_blank\">earned the male version of the record<\/a> after living with a rare hair growth condition called hypertrichosis, which is also known as &#8220;werewolf syndrome.&#8221; The condition is believed to only occur in one out of a billion people, with only about 50 documented cases since the Middle Ages.\n<\/p>\n<p>Patidar has hair on over 90% of his face, and has since he was a child.<\/p>\n<p>He told Guinness World Records that other children at school &#8220;were scared of me but when they started knowing me and talking to me they understood I was not so different from them, and it was just on the outside that I looked different, but I&#8217;m not different inside.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>He said people still sometimes tell him he should have the hair removed from his face.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;There is not much to say to people about that. I tell them that I like how I am and I don&#8217;t want to change my look,&#8221; Patidar said.\n<\/p>\n<p>Patidar, who chronicles his day-to-day life on YouTube, said he was proud to earn the world record.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I am speechless, I don&#8217;t know what to say because I&#8217;m very happy to get this recognition,&#8221; he said.<\/p>\n<p contenteditable=\"false\" readonly=\"readonly\"><emb><iframe width=\"560\" height=\"315\" data-ll=\"iv\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/kcV0SndozoY?si=nByGHZUs1LIwL9pD\" title=\"YouTube video player\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/emb>\n<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.upi.com\/Odd_News\/2025\/03\/07\/india-Guinness-World-Records-hairiest-face\/2471741369295\/\" class=\"button purchase\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Read More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>March 7 (UPI) &#8212; An 18-year-old from India was awarded the Guinness World Record for the hairiest face on a person when officials determined he had 201.72 hairs per square centimeter of skin. 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