Scientist believe they have found a cure for a rare disease known as werewolf syndrome, giving sufferers hope of a normal life.
Eleven-year-old Pruthviraj Patil's body and face are covered in a thick animal like hair, leading people in his town to refer to him as the Wolf Boy.
He is one of only 50 people in the world known to suffer from the rare condition hypertrichosis, which leads to uncontrollable growth of body and facial hair.
Previously it could only be treated with painful and expensive laser hair removal. Unable to afford this procedure, Pruthviraj's parents have to shave the thick hair from his face on a regular basis.
But now scientists at Columbia University in New York believe they have found a cure for the condition.
By injecting patients with testosterone - a technique ironically also used to prevent baldness - boffins say they can now stunt hair growth in sufferers of werewolf syndrome.
The news is sure to come as a great relief to Pruthviraj and a number of other children in Mumbai, India, who also have the disease.
