Exactly what is Hypertrichosis?

Question

me friend has this thing he needs to know more about it, he wants to know if there a known cure for it or not?

Answer 1

Hypertrichosis is a medical term, also known as "Werewolf syndrome", referring to a condition of excessive body hair. It can be generalized, symmetrically affecting most of the torso and limbs, or localized, affecting an area of skin. It may be mild or severe. In most cases, the term is used to refer to an above-average amount of normal body hair that is unwanted and is an aspect of human variability.

In medical practice, once generalized hypertrichosis has been distinguished from hirsutism, it is most often considered a variation of normal, primarily resulting from genetic factors.

Most of the people recently featured in the media with hypertrichosis are from the Aceves clan of Loreto, Zacatecas, Mexico, some of whom have emigrated to the United States. Many of them have worked for circuses. The brothers Victor Ramon "Danny" Ramos and Gabriel "Larry" Ramos have worked as acrobats. Their cousins, Jesus "Chuy" Aceves and his sister, Lili, have worked in sideshows.

Although the statistic has been cited that this only occurs for 1 out of 10 billion people[1], 19 people alive today have hypertrichosis, out of ~6.5 billion people in the world, makes for an average of 1 in 340 million.
When the unwanted or excessive hair occurs in other places, and especially in other sequences of appearance, it is rarely due to a disorder of androgen excess. For example, it is not unusual for a young girl to be taken to a pediatric endocrinologist because her mother is distressed by the heaviness of the girl's arm and leg hair, but this condition is never due to a disorder of androgen excess if pubic hair has not appeared.

Most hypertrichosis is genetic, but a small number of unusual systemic disorders can sometimes increase vellus hair. Some drugs (e.g., diazoxide, diphenylhydantoin, and minoxidil) and toxins (e.g., mercury) can induce generalized hair growth as well. Unusual hypertrichosis can also be caused by untreated infection, or by malnutrition. For this reason, it is an occasional sign of anorexia nervosa
Severe hypertrichosis is quite rare, almost certainly due to unknown genetic defects, and can result in excessive or animal-like hair on both face and body. Some of these people have been displayed in carnival sideshows with names such as "dog-boy" or the "bearded lady." Fedor Jeftichew and Annie Jones are well known examples.
In some cases an area of skin can react to repeated trauma or to some other asymmetric stimulus (such as wearing of a cast) with increased hair growth.
In the vast majority of cases, hypertrichosis is a cosmetic problem. The treatments range from camouflage (e.g., bleaching with hydrogen peroxide), to temporary removal by waxing, or permanent removal by electrolysis or laser destruction of hair follicles.

Answer 2

An episode of CSI, (first aired January 5, 2006) featured the murder of a man with hypertrichosis.
This condition was also used as the basis for the character of Tara in the movie Wolf Girl.
In the novels Black Notive, The Last Precinct, and Blowfly by Patricia Cornwell, the character Jean-Baptiste Chandonne suffers from congenital hypertrichosis.
In the novel The Lion Woman by Erik Fosnes Hansen, the character Eva Arctander has congenital hypertrichosis lanuginosa.

Answer 3

Hypertrichosis is a medical term, also known as "Werewolf syndrome", referring to a condition of excessive body hair. It can be generalized, symmetrically affecting most of the torso and limbs, or localized, affecting an area of skin. It may be mild or severe. In most cases, the term is used to refer to an above-average amount of normal body hair that is unwanted and is an aspect of human variability.

Answer 4

I'm not sure why you have this in the cancer section because it has nothing to do with cancer.

Hypertrichosis is an abnormally high amount of body hair.