A 28-year-old father dubbed "Tree Man" for the wart-like growths on his body returned to the hospital on Sunday, Jan. 20, after his condition worsened. Abul Bajandar is suffering from Epidermodysplasia verruciformis, widely known as the “tree man syndrome." Bajandar went through 25 surgeries between 2016 and 2017 to remove the bark-like lesions from his hands and feet at Dhaka Medical College Hospital in Dhaka, Bangladesh. Doctors were on the verge of declaring their treatment a success before a

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

The "Tree man" is no longer. Thanks to some groundbreaking surgeries, he can go back to being Abul Bajandar, a 27-year-old father and husband from a small town in Bangladesh. http://cnn.it/2iwKrha | CNN

The man who's growing 'roots' on his hands and feet | Born Different

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