4 Pounds Of Warts

When Dede was 15, he cut his knee in an accident. A small wart grew on his lower leg, and (since he suffers from an extremely rare immune system deficiency) his body couldn't fight off the infection. The warts soon spread across his entire body. Within two years, Dede's hands and feet were almost entirely covered in warts, which made his limbs look more like tree roots than body parts. Since he couldn't work anymore, his ex-wife took their two kids and left. In the last year, Dede has had four operations to remove the growths, and so far, FOUR pounds of warts have been removed from his body. For the first time in over ten years, he can see the outline of his hands and feet. In three months, Dede will have another operation. When that's completed, he hopes to find a job, and eventually he'd like to get remarried and have kids.

Before surgery that removed 4 pound of warts

After the surgery:

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Jose Mestre is another person with a medical oddity that you can read about here.