People with Extra Body Parts

People with Extra Body Parts

Deepak Paswan

Deepak Paswan, a boy from India, was leading a childhood that was not at all easy. He was born along with the legs and arms of his underdeveloped twin that was growing out of his chest. Many children would bully him, and Hindu pilgrims would visit his place to worship him, believing him to be an incarnation of Lord Vishnu, who is usually depicted as having additional limbs. However, in 2010 a charitable hospital in Bangalore agreed to perform a surgery on him worth $78,000 that too free of cost. This surgery would give Deepak the chance to live a normal life. The surgery was successful and today Deepak leads a normal life like other boys of his age.

Hong Hong

In the year 2016, a boy named Hong Hong was born in Hunan province, China, with 16 toes and 15 fingers. He was diagnosed with polydactylism, an inherited condition that affects only one in every 1,000 children. Even his mother suffers from this condition and has six toes on each foot and 6 fingers in each hand. When she conceived she thought her baby too may get affected, and that is exactly what happened. However, after managing to raise $30,000 through funds, Hong Hong’s family was able to opt for a surgery.

Yin Xin

Yin Xin from China, just like Deepak Paswan, had to suffer because of the growth of her unborn twin connected to her body. When she was born it was seen that she had a small arm growing from her back, but with her growing it grew as well and began gaining the shape of a human with fingers, a stomach, and also a breast was noticed. By the time Yin was 11, half of her back was covered with the underdeveloped fetus. Her parents saved for the operation and in 2007 the fetus was successfully removed.

Didier Montalvo

Skin moles are very common, but the mole that developed on the back of Didier Montalvo was so huge that it looked like a turtle shell. Born in 2006 in Colombo, Sri Lanka, this boy had to go through a lot as most people residing in the city refused to interact with him or his family as they thought he was cursed by some evil spirit. Fortunately, however, the boy was taken to the United Kingdom a few years ago for a surgery that could offer him a happier life.