The tree man

There is a man in Indonesia who suffers from a terrible disease that is caused by Epidermodysplasia verruciformis. This cause is a mutation in the DNA, it affects genes that regulate the distribution of zinc in the cells. Patients have eruptions all over their bodies that have brown-red colours. This illness hasn't got an effective treatment yet.
The most famous person that suffers this illnes is an Indonesian man, he is been named Tree Man because his eruptions looks like roots. To solve his problem he needs surgery, but five months later he need surgery agin because his warts have grown again. So the rest of his life he will need surgery.

Here you can see this man: