What one might call a "hairy" situation

So I have been catching this show on the science channel called My Shocking Story the last two days. Its a pretty amazing show. Yesterday I watched people get face transplants (woah), and today, real werewolf-people. Well, children, rather. There are a few people in the world with a disorder that causes hair to grow all over their bodies.

According to hairweb.org,

This phenomenon manifests itself in extreme growth of hair all over the body - almost the whole body is covered in hair. It is known as an extreme form of hypertrichosis and it is one the worlds rarest hereditary diseases - due to a gene defect.

You can see pics of people with this on the internet if you're really curious, but it looks just like it sounds.

Anyway they were discussing a young boy from India who has this whole problem and the treatments he was receiving and you know all that good Science Channel stuff. They went on to explain how the doctor who was treating him in India was working with an American doctor from Columbia University who deals with genetic science. They showed a clip of the doctor from India on the phone with the American doctor, speaking about the genetic mumbo jumbo and discussing some options. The Indian doctor agreed to send her samples from the boy (hair, skin, etc) to see what they can or might be able to do. Sounds great for him, right?

Then they showed a picture of this doctor from America.




If I was the boy's doctor in India, I would hesitate to show the boy's parents a picture of this woman. Considering HER hair issues, I don't think they would feel very hopeful about their son's future relationship with his hair.

image from http://clonemyhair.com