A man from Bangladesh known as the "tree man" online, was asked to amputate his hands, due to a very rare skin condition, in a desperate attempt to ease the pain.
Abul Bagender, 28, has been undergoing 25 operations since 2016 in an attempt to treat a rare genetic condition called "warty dysplasia," which causes wood-like growth on his hands and feet.
In 2017, doctors thought they treated the disease after removing about 5 kg of large warts in his hands, but suffered a relapse in May last year, the return of the disease to him.
Yagender, the father of one child, returned to the Dhaka University Medical Hospital (DMC) with the growth of these warts in his hands and feet again.
"I can not bear the pain anymore. I can not sleep at night. I asked the doctors to cut my hands so that I could have at least some rest," Bagender told AFP.
Fewer than six people in the world are known to suffer from this condition. Dhaka University Medical Hospital has already treated a Bangladeshi girl with the same disease in 2017, but the Indian media reported that her condition worsened after the operation.