'I can't wait to hold my daughter': 'Tree man'

'I can't wait to hold my daughter': 'Tree man' of Bangladesh reveals his joy as he goes in for surgery to have branch-like warts removed after his condition made headlines worldwide

A Bangladeshi father dubbed 'Tree Man' because of massive bark-like warts on his hands and feet has undergone a successful operation to remove some of the growths.


Abdul Bajandar, from south Bangladesh, underwent a three-and-a-half hour long surgery to remove the lesions from one of his hands at a hospital in the capital Dhaka on Saturday.

The 26-year-old was admitted last month for an operation to remove the growths weighing at least 11lbs that first began appearing ten years ago.
'It would be nice to eat with my own hands as well,' he added
It took a team of nine doctors at the Dhaka Medical College Hospital, to remove the growths from just one of his hands, facility director Samanta Lal Sen said.

'It was a successful operation. We removed warts from all five fingers of his right hand. He's now happy and was laughing,' Sen said.

We'll now review his condition for the next three weeks before deciding whether to conduct more operations. It's a big challenge.'

Bajandar, from the southern district of Khulna, was diagnosed with epidermodysplasia verruciformis, an extremely rare genetic condition dubbed 'tree-man disease' that causes the skin growths.

He became a celebrity with people travelling to Khulna over the years to see the 'Tree Man' and hundreds visiting him in hospital.

He was given the all-clear for surgery after tests confirmed the warts were not cancerous.