Cutaneous Horns

The Tree Man of Java - Human Treeman Dede Koswara Pictures Dede Koswara is a 35 year old fisherman in Indonesia. As a teenager, he cut his knee, and ever since then strange growths have covered his body. The growths on his hands and feet look especially like tree roots, and the large patches on his skin resemble the bark of a tree. As such, he’s simply called Tree Man. Dede is thought to suffer from a tongue-twister of a disease known as Epidermodysplasia verruciformis. What this means is...Read Full Story

Dede Koswara who has been named ‘iTree Man of Java’ has had 4lb of bark removed and now wants to get married. Dede is now able to walk without being in pain, and also has the use of his legs. He has said that he want to get better, then get a job and finally meet a woman and marry her.Read Full Story

8 October 2010 | posted by: Tom Ricardo | No Comment An Ent has been spotted in living daylight. For those who are not Tolkien fans, the Ents are the mythical race of humanoid trees from the Lord of the Rings, who are guardians of the forests, protecting them from evil. 35- year old Dede is the tree man who grew roots from his body after cutting his knee in a childhood accident. The warty growths began to compound until they covered his entire body and he became an Ent incarnate. This pic has...Read Full Story

An Indonesian fisherman who feared that he would be killed by tree-like growths covering his body has been given hope of recovery by an American doctor - and Vitamin A.Dede, now 35, baffled medical experts when warty "roots" began growing out of his arms and feet after he cut his knee in a teenage accident.The welts spread across his body unchecked and soon he was left unable to carry out everyday household tasks. Sacked from his job and deserted by his wife, Dede has been raising his two...Read Full Story

8 October 2010 | posted by: Tom Ricardo | No Comment An Ent has been spotted in living daylight. For those who are not Tolkien fans, the Ents are the mythical race of humanoid trees from the Lord of the Rings, who are guardians of the forests, protecting them from evil. 35- year old Dede is the tree man who grew roots from his body after cutting his knee in a childhood accident. The warty growths began to compound until they covered his entire body and he became an Ent incarnate. This pic has...Read Full Story

Updated Trends: Dede Koswara ‘Tree Man’ Of Indonesia Trying To Find A Cure So He Can Run His Family Dede Koswara or the ‘Tree Man’ , 37, is said to be searching for a cure to his strange skin disease called Lewandowsky-Lutz dysplasia. He is shunned by all the people he meet and thus he very depressed about it. He has a dream to see his grand children well and healthy, and for this reason he is in search of a medicine that cure his condition. He has been termed as the “Tree man” because of...Read Full Story

Tree Man who grew ‘roots’ offered hope of new life by doctor Above: Dr Anthony Gaspari believes that he has diagnosed Dede’s rare condition. Below: Dede with his teenage daughter. He fears that his children may also become infected An Indonesian fisherman who is “half man half tree” has been offered new hope of recovery by an American doctor – and Vitamin A. 32-year-old Dede, who lives in a remote village in Indonesia with his two children, feared that he would be killed by the tree-like...Read Full Story

What’s the worst you’ve ever felt? After seeing what the people below have suffered and gone through, you might have a whole new perspective of what’s really bad. All of these people have had some sort of abnormal growth that became ridiculous and extreme. Some have had surgery to correct these anomalies, while there is no cure or help available for others. Man with No Face Source Jose Mestre suffers from haemangioma, a condition that causes abnormalities in the capillaries and veins in his...Read Full Story

By Adam Lusher, Marianne Kearney and Aji RamyakimLast Updated: 10:15am BST 13/04/2008 The 'The Tree Man of Java’ is hoping to get married after doctors performed four major operations to hack away the bark-like tissue sprouting from his hands and feet.Tree man 'who grew roots' may be curedWatch: US dermatology expert treats tree manFor 20 years Dede Koswara lived covered in warts with huge tree-like growths encasing his limbs. Today Dede, whose plight was highlighted on the Telegraph website...Read Full Story

Dede Koswara, also known as the tree man is looking “human” again after following a nine-month treatment for his rare disease and to remove the “wood” parts in his body. Dede suffered from several human papilloma viruses, and as a result his life was heavily affected in many ways. His appearance caused his wife to leave him and finding a job was practically impossible. Although the Tree man is still far from being completely healed, he now has a more normal face and is able to do some...Read Full Story