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A Chinese man who is the world's hairiest is looking for a girlfriend after signing up with an online dating agency.

Yu Zhenhuan, 29, who calls himself King Kong because of his "big heart and hairy exterior", added: "I am being honest with any new partners - I tell them at the start that I am listed in the Guinness Book of Records as the hairiest man in the world."

He has posted details about himself on internet dating websites in the hope of finding a new love and said: "I have 96.5 per cent of my body covered by hair, and people I meet out and about don't take the time to get to know me.

"When I am online they are happy however to chat and genuinely interested in my hairy body, and I hope that my real personality will shine through from these contacts."He added it was however hard to find girlfriends that want to stick around. He said: "My whole body is covered with hair, and my parents told me I would never be able to find a wife.

I tried waxing it off but the pain was incredible, and I tried shaving but my skin was like sandpaper.This way many girls are shocked when they see me in person, but at least they see the real me and if they get to know me I hope they will like what they find. I know I am ugly, but I am a good person and I need love like everyone else. I feel like King Kong, ugly outside, but with a big heart." Trackback URL for this entry

Cheng Junjie, 9, a girl from the province of Jilin. Cheng's parents are searching for an effective therapy nationwide for their daughter's condition; she has black, coarse, hairy skin covering most parts of her body, including her face, Jilin-based City Evening News reported.

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Thai girl Supatra Sasuphan, nicknamed Nat, plays with her father Samroeng Sasuphan outside her home in Bangkok.

The six-year-old has the very rare Ambras syndrome, or Congenital Hypertrichosis - meaning she has excessive hair covering her face and parts of her body.

There are fewer than 40 cases documented worldwide of people with this genetic condition after it was first described in Austria in 1648.

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A Burmese family with congenital hypertrichosis lanuginosa had an eventful history in the nineteenth century. The earlier members of this family were employed at the court of Ava, but the later ones spent their lives in show business, being widely exhibited for money in the 1880s.

Their extraordinary hairiness attracted much curiosity, and they were photographed several times. The hairy Burmese are the only example of a four-generation pedigree of congenital hypertrichosis lanuginosa, which is consistent with an autosomal dominant mode of inheritance.

There is good evidence that, when the members of this family were hairy, their dentition was also deficient.



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