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Causes Of Excessive Hair Growth On The Skin by haykay0072000: 9:39pm On Apr 08, 2013
Hypertrichosis (also called Ambras syndrome) is an abnormal amount of hair growth on the body extensive cases of hypertrichosis have informally been called werewolf syndrome, because the appearance is similar to the mythological werewolf.

The two distinct types of hypertrichosis are generalized hypertrichosis, which occurs over the entire body, and localized hypertrichosis, which is restricted to a certain area. Hypertrichosis can be either congenital (present at birth) or acquired later in life.
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