An Indonesian boy suffering from a rare condition that leaves his skin dry and scaly has been dubbed 'snake boy' because he sheds his skin every 41 days.

Ari Wibowo, 16, has to smear himself with moisturiser every three hours and soak in water every hour to stop himself drying up and cracking.

The teenager suffers from Erythroderma, an inflammatory skin disease also known as red man syndrome, that causes the skin over his entire body to become scaly and flake off.
He also has problems with his speech and his vision in his right eye is impaired, while the other is constantly being treated with drops.

So far, doctors in Indonesia have been baffled by the disease, leaving his family to cope alone to manage the heartbreaking condition themselves.
As well as living with his reptile-like appearance, Ari also has to put up with cruel stares and suspicion from villagers, and children too terrified by his looks to play with him where he lives in Tangerang, in the province of Banten.
The schoolboy's incredible life has been captured by photographer Nurcholis Anhari Lubis, who studied the boy's condition as part of an essay project.
The 35-year-old describes the boy's skin as "scaly like a snake about to shed his skin", as he observed him at home, in the classroom and socialising with friends his own age.

He said: "It’s really sad because he was not born normally and has scaly skin all over his body, similar to being severely burnt, from the sole of his feet up to his head," he told Daily Mail Australia.
"If the boy doesn't moisturise or soak his skin in water, his body would shrivel and harden up like a sculpture and he won't be able to move.
"If he leaves it unattended for too long, he won’t be able to speak because the wrinkles inside his mouth would go hard and it would dry out all his blood in his body."
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God; why?.....Why would you let an innocent kid go through this ?.

Eeeeeya feeling so bad

God i thank u for my life

This is so sad but yet some black girls will want to bleach their skin and turn white.

ok na

I Thank Good For My Life

eiya

*sigh..it is well

God i thank you for my life!!!
Tryna undastand wt dt boy is going thru

This life is a mystery and even God is mystery.God pleaseheal him mysteriously

God thank u 4 my lyf, this begs d question dat most christians are dodging, Y is d boy suffering,z he reaping wat he has sown or is God a partial God,for him 2 make some perfect and others imperfect?

things dey happen oooo

lanrexdo: This is so sad but yet some black girls will want to bleach their skin and turn white.

it happens also in black skin... they are a group of skin problems called 'papulosquamous disorders'.. of which psoriasis is commoner in blacks.

I thank God for my life & my family o. Chai! E no easy

Sad....proudly me,myself and i,thank You Lord

Omg I feel so sad 4 dis lil boy
But there should be a way out to help him nau

Gosh....irritating pic we got there

This is serious.

F-uck..

Oh my goodness

Chai.

What a pity.

Lord forgive me for the times I have said 'I don't love my life enough'
Blood of Jesus this is scary!

This is serious!

eya...there is God sha..

India and deir weird diseases...no wonder they are the front runners in medical science

Hmmmmmm sincerely for those saying "i thank God for my life" I just have two Questions to ask you ,,,, .1. Did the boy choose to be like this if he was given an opportunity to choose ? .2. If good health and life could be bought with money , do you thing you will be alive talkless of having good health

i trust nollywood....some bleeping director would come up with a movie titled 'snake boy'.....

i thank you God for my life

glitest: God; why?.....Why would you let an innocent kid go through this ?.

wow love ur guts, sme tyms I do really wanna ask God why buh I dey fear oh

glitest: God; why?.....Why would you let an innocent kid go through this ?.

It is not wrong to ask God why, but God is not responsible for this, do u have all the facts? Have you thought of something the parents may have done dat is not been said?
Well, my point is, God is not responsible for this.