This is what happens to tree huggers.... update - now with video. OMFG!!!
Original post by carolinebr
UPDATED - OMG you guys - there's a video of this man. Tree man
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Things are looking up for Dede Koswara after doctors removed nearly 4lbs of bark from his body. For nearly 20 years, Dede's body has been covered in warts and tree-like growths. When he was 15, he cut his leg and a small wart developed there. The wart soon spread all over his body. He has been dubbed the 'The Tree Man of Java.'
Dede spoke to the Telegraph from an Indonesian hospital about how he's looking forward to finding a job and getting married. He's not able to hold a pen for the first time in a long time. He said, 'What I really want first is to get better and find a job. But then, one day, who knows? I might meet a girl and get married.' Jennifer Aniston, here's your man! Naw, I would never do that to Dede.
His first wife left him after he was forced to leave his job and couldn't support her and his two children. Dede even joined a freak show for a short time to feed his kids.
Dede is expected to undergo two more surgeries in hopes of removing even more growths from his face, hands and feet.
Click here to see some pictures of Dede before the surgery. They seriously chopped off tons and tons of bark.
Toots123
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OMG!!
I hope this is not real!! I cannot imagine another person living with such an awful affliction? It's heartbreaking.
Say it ain't so!
luvabul
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so scaryy
portjeffbride
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that was just and I TOTALLY don't easily....
horrible... burned into my retina horrible....
yeah, I have no idea what caused a simple wart condition to mutate to that degree.... immune deficiency or not. I guess that is what happens when you literally have NO medical care available
totally burned into my retina
I guess I'm so skeeved out becuase I had a pretty horrible skin condition once (also related to an immune problem) and looked sort of freaky.... I guess I would have grown 'bark' if it weren't for modern medicine
