THREE
sisters suffering from Werewolf Syndrome fear they will never find
husbands because of their uncontrollable hair growth. The condition
affecting just one in a billion people means their bodies are covered in
extra hair — giving them extremely bushy eyebrows and beards.
And Savita, 23, Monisha, 18, and 16-year-old Savitri fear the
...Hypertrichosis Universalis will leave as life-long spinsters. Sad
Savita said: "Marriage is not an option for us. Who is going to marry us
when hair keeps growing on our faces?" In their small Indian village of
Sangli, unmarried women have few prospects.
But the family is too poor to afford paying £4,500 for each girl to have
laser surgery that would rid them of the extra hair. The sisters are
now using hair removal cream but the hair returns too quickly to
maintain. Savita added: "When I used to go to school the boys and girls
would shout 'hairy face', 'horrible looking', and 'don't sit next to
her'." Their mum Anita Sambhaji Raut, 40, has six daughters, but only
the three of them have Werewolf Syndrome.
The condition was passed down by the girls' father with whom Anita was
forced into an arranged marriage by her uncle and aunt when she was 12.
She said: "It was only on the day of my marriage that I discovered what
my husband was, hairy on his face, ears and body. He scared the hell out
of me when he arrived at the altar." She added: "When I used to take
Savita out as a child, they used to shout 'here comes the beast, the
witch'.
"They keep her at work now for ten to 15 days, and then ask her to leave
as soon as the hair starts showing. "If a good proposal comes in, I'll
get her married. "If nothing comes in she'll have to work and survive.
"As long as I am living I have to keep trying."
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