'Werewolf' sisters, trio Indians suffer from rare disease, covered head to toe in hair

 

Werewolf sisters ... Savita, Monisha and Savitri suffer from a rare condition
Uday Deolekar

 

Spinster fear ... the girls worry they are doomed to a life without marriage

 London,Febrauary10:THREE sisters suffering from Werewolf Syndrome fear they will never find husbands because of their uncontrollable hair growth.
The condition affecting just one in a billion people means their bodies are covered in extra hair — giving them extremely bushy eyebrows and beards.
And Savita, 23, Monisha, 18, and 16-year-old Savitri fear the Hypertrichosis Universalis will leave as life-long spinsters.
Sad Savita said: "Marriage is not an option for us. Who is going to marry us when hair keeps growing on our faces?"
In their small Indian village of Sangli, unmarried women have few prospects.
But the family is too poor to afford paying £4,500 for each girl to have laser surgery that would rid them of the extra hair.
The sisters are now using hair removal cream but the hair returns too quickly to maintain.
Savita added: "When I used to go to school the boys and girls would shout 'hairy face', 'horrible looking', and 'don't sit next to her'."
Their mum Anita Sambhaji Raut, 40, has six daughters, but only the three of them have Werewolf Syndrome.
The condition was passed down by the girls' father with whom Anita was forced into an arranged marriage by her uncle and aunt when she was 12.
She said: "It was only on the day of my marriage that I discovered what my husband was, hairy on his face, ears and body. He scared the hell out of me when he arrived at the altar."
She added: "When I used to take Savita out as a child, they used to shout 'here comes the beast, the witch'.
"They keep her at work now for ten to 15 days, and then ask her to leave as soon as the hair starts showing.
"If a good proposal comes in, I'll get her married.
"If nothing comes in she'll have to work and survive.
"As long as I am living I have to keep trying."