Half Man Half Tree

Medical experts are stunned to see this 36 year old farmer from Indonesia. Dede is now known as "The Tree Man". His body is geting covered with the warts which is giving a root like appearance.

These warts developed after he cut his knee at the age of 15 at a building site. Soon after, in a week time, a huge growth began to develop from this wound.Eventually it was like a wart and Dede didnt bother about it. But , these warts began to develop all over his body.The first wart was cut off, but it didnt stop there, conquering Dede's whole body.

Now it has become difficult for him to eat, bath, dress up,and even to perform his ablutions. He is a father or 2 teenage kids. He lost his job after this as he was not able to work these processes on his hands and feet. He is now supported by his network of friends and family.

Dr Gaspari, an American dermatologist flew down to Indonesia to examine this peculiar man. He says to ahve diagnosed the disease to be caused by Human Pappiloma Virus. HPV attacks humans and causes small warts to develop on its victims.

Dede has been diagnosed to be suffering from Geneticaly lowered immune response. The virus has thus attacked te skin cells and has ordered them to produce the tree like growth. These growths are called as 'cutaneous horns'.