32 year old Dede Kosawa, also known as ‘Tree Man’, is one of the
world’s most extraordinary people. He lives in a remote village in Indonesia
with his two children, trying to care for them. Dede, a former fisherman,
has an incredible skin condition: he has root like structures growing out of
his body – branches that can grow up to 5cm a year and which protrude
from his hands and feet, and welts covering his whole body.
He is known locally as ‘Tree
Man’ and his condition has baffled local doctors for 20 years. In an
attempt to earn a living to support his family, he is part of a circus troupe,
displaying his ‘Tree Man’ limbs along with others afflicted with skin
deformities in ‘freak’ shows.
Dr Anthony Gaspari, a world
expert in skin conditions from the University of Maryland travels to Indonesia
to attempt to diagnose ‘Tree Man’ Dede’s mysterious condition. He takes skin
samples for biopsies back in the USA. What will he discover?
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