Abul Bajandar, a Bangladeshi father dubbed "Tree Man" for the bark-like growths on his body, has returned to hospital after his condition worsened. Bajandar, 28, suffers from epidermodysplasia verruciformis, an extremely rare genetic condition also known as "tree-man syndrome". He has had 25 surgeries since 2016 to remove the growths from his hands and feet. | AFP News Agency

Bangladesh 'Tree Man' returns to hospital

This Bangladeshi man has been suffering from a rare disease called epidermodysplasia verruciformis, also known as "tree man" disease. http://cnn.it/1m8R0aw | CNN International

In his hands and feet grows a nightmare, the weight is unbearable as well as the pain... The world calls him “tree man”, because since he is 15 years old his “branches” don’t stop growing and may never do so due to a terrible disease. | Vitamin

Doctors thought this man's 'Tree Man Disease' was cured after 24 surgeries — but now it's begun to grow back | NowThis

24 hours a day, this young man sits in the hollow of a tree, in full | Best Documentary