Dede the Indonesian Tree man
Dede Koswara born in 1971, lives in a small village in Indonesia. Dede is a former fisherman who lives with his two children, trying to take care of them. His wife left him because of his freak skin condition and unable to work.
He has an extraordinary skin condition. He has root like structure that have grown out of his body and the branches can grow up to 5cm a year. This growth protrudes from his hands and feet and welts covering his whole body. He looks like a Half Man Half Tree. He is locally known as Tree Man. His condition baffled local doctors when warty roots began growing out of his arms and feet after he cut his knee in a teenage accident.
In an attempt to earn a living to support his family, he is part of a circus troupe, displaying his Tree Man limbs along with others afflicted with skin deformities in ‘freak’ shows.
The disorder is caused by the Human Papilloma Virus (HPV), a fairly common infection that usually causes only small warts to develop. Dede suffers from the immune deficiency Epidermodysplasia verruciformis which renders him unable to stop the parasitic wart growth.
He is currently being treated by Indonesian doctors alongside American dermatology expert Dr Anthony Gaspari. On August 26, 2008, MSNBC reported that Dede had returned home following surgery to remove thirteen pounds (5.8 kilo) of warts from his body. In all, 95% of the warts were removed.
He has an extraordinary skin condition. He has root like structure that have grown out of his body and the branches can grow up to 5cm a year. This growth protrudes from his hands and feet and welts covering his whole body. He looks like a Half Man Half Tree. He is locally known as Tree Man. His condition baffled local doctors when warty roots began growing out of his arms and feet after he cut his knee in a teenage accident.
In an attempt to earn a living to support his family, he is part of a circus troupe, displaying his Tree Man limbs along with others afflicted with skin deformities in ‘freak’ shows.
The disorder is caused by the Human Papilloma Virus (HPV), a fairly common infection that usually causes only small warts to develop. Dede suffers from the immune deficiency Epidermodysplasia verruciformis which renders him unable to stop the parasitic wart growth.
He is currently being treated by Indonesian doctors alongside American dermatology expert Dr Anthony Gaspari. On August 26, 2008, MSNBC reported that Dede had returned home following surgery to remove thirteen pounds (5.8 kilo) of warts from his body. In all, 95% of the warts were removed.
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