10 amazing body deformities

10 amazing body deformities

10. Didier Montalvo - Turtle Boy


Didier is a colombian Boy with a huge mole on his back. This is a cancer tissue which grew almost on his entire back very fast. He was called the turtle boy because the mole looks like a shell.

The local religious people from his village in Colombia believe that this was the work on the devil, as he was conceived during an eclipse. Unfortunately this made Didier to be rejected by the community and the school.

Happily though, a British surge heard about him and came to Colombia to remove the mole. The operation was a success. Didier was 6 years of age at the time.

Didier resumed a normal happy life and he went back to school

9. Jose from Lisbon, Portugal - facial tumour

Jose started to grow a tumour on his face at the age of 14. it started on the lips and become few kilograms in weight over few years, covering his entire face. he started to have difficulties breathing, eating sleeping, and seeing.

He has spent the next 40 years with this condition, not being able to do anything about it, due to religious beliefs and also lack of a correct diagnostic from doctors.

In 2010 Jose travelled to Chicago to have the face tumour removed. Surgeons successfully removed it in one operation, however his face was reconstructed during another 3 sessions of surgery.

8. Dede - the tree man
Dede is an indonesian man who has suffered from a very rare fungal infections on his body. This infection created tissue growth from the skin, which looks remarkable like tree bark and makes life unbearable, due to difficulty to do anything with the hands or legs.

in 2008 dede went to United states for treatment. Doctors have removed about 6 kilograms of tissue from his body, especially hands and feet.

Unfortunately the operations did not stop the growth and the fungus recovered to Dede's desperation.
So far, no cure has been found for this rare fungus infection.

7. Petero - Uganda boy - deformed head

Petero was born in a small village in Uganda Africa, and he suffers from an extreme  crouzon syndrome. This causes a malformation of the skull. as a result, his eyes are pushed out, and his ears down, making his sight and hearing difficult.

Peter was bullied by his neighbours due to his appearance and he isolated himself from people inside his house. Luckily an american doctor visited the village and met him. He felt bad for the boy and helped him to get into Austin Texas for surgery.

Doctors performed a series of operations to reshape his skull. During one of the operations, Petero developed complications and almost died, however doctors resuscitated him and saved his life. He survived and return to his village in a much better shape than before

6. Rudy Santos - extra limbs
Rudy is a from Phillipnies and suffers from a very rare condition called parasitic twin. That means during pregnancy, a twin brother and sister is not fully developed but attached to the strong foetus.
Rudy has an extra pair of arms and legs and this is how he was born. He also has an undeveloped had with an ear attached to his body.

He become a national celebrity in the 70's when he was publicly discovered during a freak show. He was called the octoman, believed to be a God.

He dissapeared 10 years later and lived in extreme poverty. Found again in 2008 , doctors tried to convince him to undertake surgery, but he refused.

5. Zhang Ruifang is an old Chinese women who grew a goat horn on her forehead. it is actually a mole which appeared later in her life and got the the size of a horn.

 The old lady does not seem to be too bothered about it however it does interfere with her vision. it is inside the field of view and it is a constant distraction.

4. Liu Hau is one of the people with giant hands. He is from China, but cases like his have been documented few times so far.

the boy's left hand has an oversized thumb, index finger and middle finger. the condition is a form of local gygantism and the causes are unknown.

Liu was bullied and isolated from the public due to his body deformity and could not lead a normal life like the other children

Liu went to the Shanghai hospital in 2005 and 5 kilograms of flesh and bones have been removed.

3. Wang Fang is the Chinese woman born with her feet facing the wrong way. despite her condition, she says she can run faster than most of her friends.

She was classified as a disabled person, but she disagrees, and she refused the state pension that she was entitled to receive.

she has got the job of being a waitress in her family restaurant, proving that she can have a normal life.

2. Chen is an asian man suffering from a rare condition called neurofibroma. It is a nerve based tumour which made his left leg to grow uncontrolled since he was just a boy.

What seemed to be localised only to one leg, spread in time to both legs. his tumours has been measured and it weighs over 150 pounds or approximately 70 kilograms.

his condition did not allow him to get out of the bed any more. unfortunately Chen was not confirmed to receive any medical treatment so far, and his life is



1. Huang is the new elephant man with a face tumour. He is from China, and he has serious problems with his life, including talking, seeing or eating, as it is not hard to imagine.

his condition is called neurofibromatosis,  and his case is the worst in the world.

He stayed untreated for the first 30 years of his life, as his parents could not afford a medical surgery. he was offered a place in a freak show but he felt offended and considered suicide.

After his case became public, doctors from the cancer Hospital in Shanghai offered free help, and they undertook a series of surgeries to remove 21 kilograms of facial deformities. operations were successful.

He is happier now and hopes to still have a normal life.