Afghanistan, March 9 -- Indian media has reported that Lalit Patidar, an 18-year-old young man, has recently earned a place in the Guinness World Records as the hairiest person in the world due to his unusually hair-covered face.
According to Economic Times, an English-language Indian newspaper, Lalit Patidar has set the record for the hairiest person in the world, with 201.72 hair follicles per square centimeter of his facial skin. This remarkable number is considered unprecedented in the field.
Lalit has lived with a rare condition called hypertrichosis, also known as "Werewolf Syndrome," since childhood. This condition occurs in one in every billion people and causes abnormal, excessive hair growth on various parts of the body, especia...