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'Cat-girl' illness baffles doctors[/align]
A SIX-YEAR-OLD dubbed "cat-girl" has baffled doctors after thick grey hair started growing uncontrollably all over her body. Until just a few months ago little Li Xiaoyuan had just a tiny birthmark on her back. But hair started to grow from the mole — and quickly spread over her entire back and is now starting to grow on her arms and face.
Her dad Li Yan said: "Doctors told us it was just a birthmark even when it started spreading but now it covers half her body. None of the other children want to play with her they are calling her cat-girl and are really mean." Li's distraught mum, Li Jiang of Fengkai, southern China, said: "The poor girl - it breaks our hearts to see her suffer like this."
Surgeon Dr Lou Zhongquan of Zhaoqing City Dermatological Hospital believes the youngster may be suffering from a rare disease that sends normal moles out of control. He said: "If they were smaller we could use laser treatment but even if we removed these with surgery there is a very strong chance of post surgery haemorrhage."
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I'm not sure if I believe this story. Surely any kind of hair would be similar to other cases like with 'wolfboy'?
'Cat-girl' illness baffles doctors[/align]
A SIX-YEAR-OLD dubbed "cat-girl" has baffled doctors after thick grey hair started growing uncontrollably all over her body. Until just a few months ago little Li Xiaoyuan had just a tiny birthmark on her back. But hair started to grow from the mole — and quickly spread over her entire back and is now starting to grow on her arms and face.
Her dad Li Yan said: "Doctors told us it was just a birthmark even when it started spreading but now it covers half her body. None of the other children want to play with her they are calling her cat-girl and are really mean." Li's distraught mum, Li Jiang of Fengkai, southern China, said: "The poor girl - it breaks our hearts to see her suffer like this."
Surgeon Dr Lou Zhongquan of Zhaoqing City Dermatological Hospital believes the youngster may be suffering from a rare disease that sends normal moles out of control. He said: "If they were smaller we could use laser treatment but even if we removed these with surgery there is a very strong chance of post surgery haemorrhage."
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I'm not sure if I believe this story. Surely any kind of hair would be similar to other cases like with 'wolfboy'?
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