Monday, March 21, 2011

Girl wolf gets into the Guinness book

11-year-old Supatra Sasupfan from a suburb of Bangkok got into Guinness Book of Records as the most Haired Girl in the world. All of the face, ears, hands, legs and back are covered with thick baby “fur”, which makes herlook like a wolf. Interestingly, the girl herself is already accustomed to its features and even proud to have become so popular.Supatra is proud to be considered as “most hairy girl in the world.” Otherkids teased Supatra, calling the girl “girl-wolf”, but now that Supatra hit the Guinness Book of Records, kids at school began to treat her very differently.She suffers from a congenital syndrome Taika Ambras hypertrichosis, or better known as Werewolf Syndrome, associated with changes in the chromosomes. Supatra – one of 50 people in the world who suffers from this rare genetic disorder. Her face, ears, hands, legs and back are covered in hair that resist even laser removal, on the contrary, becoming thicker and thicker, so the girl’s mother just regular trims the hair on the face.Now that school tormentors are no longer worried about the girl Supatra finally joined the team of class and even became popular. “There were a few people who teased me that I am a monkey, but they no longer do. ” – Says the girl.“I’m used to this state, I do not feel the hair on my face, though becauseof it I do not always see what is happening around me. I hope that someday they will be able to cut it off,” – she says.
Energetic little Taika does not give the disease a chance to deprive her a normal life. “I like math, so I can then teach other children. I want to become a doctor and help others solve their health problems” – recognized Supatra.Her father, 38-year-old Sammrueng said that at birth Supatra nostrils were wide only 1 millimeter, so the girl could not breathe normally and the first threemonths she spent her life in an incubator. Later had to go on the surgery in order to expand the nostrils. Then Supatra spent in hospital for about ten months. At the age oftwo girl did another surgery, after which she was able to breathe normally.Later, when her parents took her home from the hospital, they encountered several problems. “When our neighbors first saw our daughter, they asked me what a terrible sin I committed. – Admits Sammrueng.Parents are worried that other children tease her, but now she has many friends.Supatra with friends in the school library.Like many children her age, Supatra likes to swim, dance to her favorite music and play with friends. Unfortunately apart from hypertrichosis she has another problem – she does not have teeth.Supatra with her parents on their way to the night market Suan Lum Bangkok.Supatra poses a photographer with her school friends.Supatra in gym class.






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