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	<title>Comments on: Comic Book Diagnosis: Hypertrichosis</title>
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		<title>By: Wanderer</title>
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		<dc:creator>Wanderer</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 17 Mar 2008 15:15:15 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>No, moon, it&#039;s still hypertrichosis.  Since hypertrichosis translates as &quot;more hair&quot;, there are actually several different types of hypertrichosis:

hypertrichosis universalis:  Excessive hair growth over the whole body.

hypertrichosis lanuginosa:  Excessive growth of the downy lanugo, the hairy covering of newborns and very young infants.

There are further distinguishing words for excessive hair on the ears, excessive growth of the eyebrows... &quot;hypertrichosis&quot; is a very old medical term and is as general as it should be for that age.

That said, Lupinar very definitely had something else going on, and likely some dental implants; assuming it was the most common form of hypertrichosis universalis, he had almost no teeth of his own anyway.  (Jo-Jo the Russian Dog-Faced Boy (Feodor Jeftichew) had four; Lionel the Lion-Faced Man (Stephen Bibrowsky) had four, but lost two of them.)</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>No, moon, it&#8217;s still hypertrichosis.  Since hypertrichosis translates as &#8220;more hair&#8221;, there are actually several different types of hypertrichosis:</p>
<p>hypertrichosis universalis:  Excessive hair growth over the whole body.</p>
<p>hypertrichosis lanuginosa:  Excessive growth of the downy lanugo, the hairy covering of newborns and very young infants.</p>
<p>There are further distinguishing words for excessive hair on the ears, excessive growth of the eyebrows&#8230; &#8220;hypertrichosis&#8221; is a very old medical term and is as general as it should be for that age.</p>
<p>That said, Lupinar very definitely had something else going on, and likely some dental implants; assuming it was the most common form of hypertrichosis universalis, he had almost no teeth of his own anyway.  (Jo-Jo the Russian Dog-Faced Boy (Feodor Jeftichew) had four; Lionel the Lion-Faced Man (Stephen Bibrowsky) had four, but lost two of them.)</p>
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		<title>By: moon_custafer</title>
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		<dc:creator>moon_custafer</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 03 Aug 2007 17:04:50 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>I&#039;m not sure if She-Beard qualifies, since she doesn&#039;t seem to have excessive body hair, just a (neatly curled and trimmed) beard; I think facial hair in women is a different condition.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I&#8217;m not sure if She-Beard qualifies, since she doesn&#8217;t seem to have excessive body hair, just a (neatly curled and trimmed) beard; I think facial hair in women is a different condition.</p>
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		<title>By: Erich</title>
		<link>http://www.politedissent.com/archives/1166/comment-page-1#comment-5819</link>
		<dc:creator>Erich</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 24 Mar 2006 16:21:37 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Would She-Beard (from Grant Morrison &amp; Cameron Stewart&#039;s &quot;Seaguy&quot;) belong on this list?

Also, Tomb of Dracula #6 (by Gardner Fox &amp; Gene Colan) featured a character called Randolph Dering, &quot;The Moorlands Monster,&quot; whose condition was explained by his father:

&quot;Every few centuries--for mine is an old family--certain recessive genes come to the for and a male child is born--suffering from rachitis! Rachitis is an illness that twists and misshapes the human body into that of an animal. At least, it is so among the Derings. Accompanying this is an illness known as &#039;naevus pilosis,&#039; which causes an inordinate amount of body hair to grow. As a result--my son Randolph is--a shaggy, deformed monster!&quot;

http://www.marvunapp.com/Appendix/morlandm.htm

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		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Would She-Beard (from Grant Morrison &amp; Cameron Stewart&#8217;s &#8220;Seaguy&#8221;) belong on this list?</p>
<p>Also, Tomb of Dracula #6 (by Gardner Fox &amp; Gene Colan) featured a character called Randolph Dering, &#8220;The Moorlands Monster,&#8221; whose condition was explained by his father:</p>
<p>&#8220;Every few centuries&#8211;for mine is an old family&#8211;certain recessive genes come to the for and a male child is born&#8211;suffering from rachitis! Rachitis is an illness that twists and misshapes the human body into that of an animal. At least, it is so among the Derings. Accompanying this is an illness known as &#8216;naevus pilosis,&#8217; which causes an inordinate amount of body hair to grow. As a result&#8211;my son Randolph is&#8211;a shaggy, deformed monster!&#8221;</p>
<p><a href="http://www.marvunapp.com/Appendix/morlandm.htm" rel="nofollow">http://www.marvunapp.com/Appendix/morlandm.htm</a></p>
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		<title>By: Mr.Chris</title>
		<link>http://www.politedissent.com/archives/1166/comment-page-1#comment-5808</link>
		<dc:creator>Mr.Chris</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 22 Mar 2006 21:53:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>I think I have Hypertrichosis.  On my back.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I think I have Hypertrichosis.  On my back.</p>
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		<title>By: gorjus</title>
		<link>http://www.politedissent.com/archives/1166/comment-page-1#comment-5807</link>
		<dc:creator>gorjus</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 22 Mar 2006 21:20:40 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>&quot;Buckler’s Syndrome&quot; is quite possibly the funniest thing I&#039;ve read in quite a while.

Here&#039;s my No-Prize:  Lupinar, in a bid to claim is identity as . . . you know, lupine, had the teeth surgically implanted/modified.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>&#8220;Buckler’s Syndrome&#8221; is quite possibly the funniest thing I&#8217;ve read in quite a while.</p>
<p>Here&#8217;s my No-Prize:  Lupinar, in a bid to claim is identity as . . . you know, lupine, had the teeth surgically implanted/modified.</p>
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		<title>By: Chuck T.</title>
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		<dc:creator>Chuck T.</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 22 Mar 2006 15:17:03 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>   Yay Furball!  Man, Brin was stuck like that for a ton of those &quot;Five Years Later&quot; Legion issues.  The current reboot version is substantially less hairy.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Yay Furball!  Man, Brin was stuck like that for a ton of those &#8220;Five Years Later&#8221; Legion issues.  The current reboot version is substantially less hairy.</p>
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		<title>By: RAB</title>
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		<dc:creator>RAB</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 22 Mar 2006 08:17:30 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Lupinar&#039;s wolf-like teeth are caused by the artist (Bill Sienkiewicz, by any chance?) having swiped both those images cold from a Neal Adams werewolf story.  I own a copy of the original story by Adams.  This is a little-known medical condition known as &quot;pantographosis&quot; or &quot;lightboxia&quot; or, popularly, &quot;Buckler&#039;s Syndrome.&quot;  Keith Giffen was another famous sufferer; both he and Sienkiewicz received corrective therapy and are considered mostly in remission.  </description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Lupinar&#8217;s wolf-like teeth are caused by the artist (Bill Sienkiewicz, by any chance?) having swiped both those images cold from a Neal Adams werewolf story.  I own a copy of the original story by Adams.  This is a little-known medical condition known as &#8220;pantographosis&#8221; or &#8220;lightboxia&#8221; or, popularly, &#8220;Buckler&#8217;s Syndrome.&#8221;  Keith Giffen was another famous sufferer; both he and Sienkiewicz received corrective therapy and are considered mostly in remission.</p>
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		<title>By: Justin Mohareb</title>
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		<dc:creator>Justin Mohareb</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 22 Mar 2006 05:41:34 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>I think you&#039;ve also explained Alan Moore. </description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I think you&#8217;ve also explained Alan Moore.</p>
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