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diggDede Koswara, better known as “tree man,”
in his home village of Bandung, Java, Indonesia, where he is continuing
treatment for his rare condition. Koswara spent much of his life covered
in tree-like warts until he underwent surgery in 2008 to have over
4-pounds of them removed from his body.
Dede’s ordeal began when he was 15 and cut
his knee in an accident. A small wart developed on his lower leg and
spread uncontrollably. Eventually he had to give up work as a builder
and fisherman, and scratch a living in a traveling freak show. His wife
of ten years left him as it became impossible for him to support her and
their two children.
He had surgery, but tree on Dede body
continue to grow in six months.
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