Picture : 3 Indian Wolf Sisters Suffering From Rare Werewolf Syndrome

Three of the six Sangli sisters of India are afflicted with Werewolf
Syndrome, also known as Hypertrichosis or Ambras Syndrome.

This is a condition that is so rare, itaffects about 1 in a billion
people on the planet. Werewolf syndrome is characterized by abnormal
and excessive hair growth on the body. It's a genetic mutation, in
which cells that usually inhibit hair growth are left "switched on.


" The Sangli Sisters, residing in central India, acquired their
hypertrichosis from their father. The three Sangli sisters who have
werewolf syndrome – Savita (23 years old), Monisha (18 years old), and
Savitri (16 years old), are forced to use special creams each day, or
else their hair regrows very fast.

Their mother hopes to fund laser removal surgery for them, but the
cost of such surgery is currently out of reach (about $7,000 per
person).

Their mother recalls the day she was forced to marry when she was only
12 yearsold, not knowing about her husband's affliction until the day
of the wedding.

Documentary filmmaker Sneh Gupta wants to make a movie featuring the
Sangli sisters, who hope to become free of their werewolf syndrome so
they can eventually get married.

Other people besides the Sangli sisters who suffer from werewolf
syndrome include Julia Pastrana, who was a sideshow performer in the
19th century, Supatra Sasuphan, a Thai girl who in 2011 was named
world's hairiest girl by Guinness, and the famous family of Burma, of
which the disease spanned 4 generations.

 I really feel sorry for them...