People with Extraordinarily Rare Body Parts

- [Narrator] There over 7 1/2 billion people on this planet and no two are exactly alike, but some were made truly unique from inspirational individuals living with one in a million conditions to truly eye-popping abilities, here are some people with extraordinarily rare body parts. Victoria Wright. 41-year old Victoria Wright learned early on that her life was going to be slightly different than other kids growing up. Everything seemed normal, until one day when her mother was brushing four-yea

r old Victoria's teeth and noticed they weren't in the right place. Doctors then diagnosed Victoria with a rare condition known as cherubism which is named after the chubby-cheeked features of cherub's in Renaissance artwork. Cherubim is caused by an overgrowth of fibrous tissue which results in a bony prominence in the lower portion of the face. As Victoria entered her teens, her job became exaggerated and her eyes gradually protruded more eventually requiring surgery when she turned 16 to reli

eve excess pressure. Although cherubism is a mostly painless condition, Victoria does experience strained vision and occasional headaches. And doctors estimate that her head is about as heavy as a bowling ball. Despite the adversity she's faced in public, Victoria is happy with the way she looks and has even refused reconstructive jaw surgery in the past. Nowadays, Victoria is happily married with a young daughter and works for a charity which advocates for people with facial disfigurements whil

e also studying law part-time. In a shallow society which places major emphasis on stereotypical beauty standards, Victoria's story is both an inspiration and a reminder that kindness costs nothing. Larry and Danny Ramos Gomez. Most people think werewolves are just a work of fiction, but Victor Larry Ramos Gomez and his brother Gabriel or Danny are proof that anything is possible. If you think self grooming is a hassle, then just imagine how long your morning routine might be if 98% of your enti

re body was covered in thick animal-like hair. This is the reality for Larry and Danny as well as 20 other family members who all suffer from an unusual condition known as congenital generalized hypertrichosis. While the women have only a light to medium coat of hair, men in the Ramos Gomez family are covered almost head to toe with the bizarre exception of their hands and feet. Only two to three families in the world suffer from CGH and the Ramos Gomez family have assisted scientists with analy

sis of the gene responsible for the mutation. Geneticist Dr. Luis Figuera believes that a gene we abandoned after evolving from primates somehow reversed on the family, meaning their bodies still produce fur like our ancestors. As children, Larry and Danny were outcast from society and were forced into circus work, where they were kept in cages and branded wolf children. Nowadays they have embraced their reputation and perform daredevils circus stunts on trampolines and trapezes. Although they c

ould shave their hair, it would grow back in no time. Besides the ladies totally dig it. Kim Goodman. You could easily pass Kim Goodman on the street without noticing anything out of the ordinary. But this is one woman yet definitely you wouldn't wanna challenge to a staring contest. Goodman is the current Guinness World Record holder for longest eyeball protrusion. Yes, that's a real thing. And she can pop her eyes out of her head a remarkable 11 millimeters beyond her sockets. Goodman discover

ed her unusual talent after she accidentally hit herself over the head with a hockey mask and her eyes popped out extraordinarily far without causing any pain. From that point on Kim realized she could control her eye muscles and can now pop her peepers out on cue. Now that's what I call a party trick. In 1998, an optometrist used a special device called a proptometer to calculate the average length of her eyeballs and no one has beaten her since. Gary Turner, Kim Goodman, isn't the only Britain

to hold the world record for their extraordinary body parts, meet Gary Turner the world's stretchiest man. Turner was born with a rare medical condition called Ehlers-Danlos syndrome which is a disorder that affects the skin, ligaments, and connective tissue. This means that the collagen which normally strengthens our skin and determines its elasticity, becomes defective resulting in a loosening of the scan and hypermobility of the joints. Turner's skin is so loose that he was entered into the

Guinness World Records in 1999 after he was able to stretch his stomach to a whopping distended length of 6 1/4 inches. Although he experiences some joint pain, stretching is painless and Turner recons his uncle showing of his weird talents to friends when he was just a boy. This real life stretch Armstrong has turned his one of a kind of talent into a lifelong career. He's appeared in short films and as a member of the traveling Circus of Horrors where he wows audiences with his unusual abiliti

es. Mikel Ruffinelli. Women's beauty standards are always changing, and in recent years focus has turned away from the cinched figures of the Victorian era to more generous curves and a slim-thick frame. One of the most desirable features nowadays are over-exaggerated hips, and even Kim Kardashian has got nothing on 42-year old Mikel Ruffinelli. This is LA woman has to side step through doorways and shimmy into her own shower because she quite literally has the biggest hips in the world. Althoug

h Ruffinelli is just five foot four and her waist is a moderate 40 inches, her hips measure an incredible 100 inches or eight foot in circumference. Believe it or not, Ruffinelli's monstrous hips are completely natural. And as a proud mother of four, she claims they have only increased in size every time she gave birth. Her diet might also have to do with it as Ruffinelli is also said to consume about 3,000 calories a day. Of course, having a hip circumference of eight feet has its own drawbacks

. Ruffinelli has to drive a truck and uses a reinforced chair at home to accommodate her frame, while she sleeps in a custom-made bed. There's no word about how many seats she has to book on a plane though, but one thing's for sure, her husband of 10 years definitely likes her just the way she is. Proudly telling people he has a license to work with heavy equipment. Cathie Jung. Well, Mikel Ruffinelli prides herself on her staggering width, 83-year old Cathy Jung has spent most of her adult life

whittling hers down as much as possible. Nevermind an hourglass figure, Cathy went the whole hog and became the hour glass instead with her mind-blowing measurements of a 39-inch burst, 15-inch waist and 39-inch hips. It all began before her marriage back in 1959 when her husband Bob asked Cathy to wear a real laced corset measuring 22 inches. At the time Cathy had a 26-inch waist, but she managed to shave it down in time for the big day by following a strict corset training lifestyle known as

tightlacing. From that point on, Cathy was hooked. She became fascinated with the extreme corsets worn by Victorian ladies and set her sights high by aiming to have the smallest waist in the world. Since 1983, Cathy then began a grueling mission to reduce her waist which included wearing laced corsets 23 hours a day, excluding showering and bathing and was officially entered into the Guinness World Records in 1999 with her 15 inch measurements. Some would say Cathy is lucky to have reached old a

ge because extreme tightlacing can have some dangerous effects. But her husband is a physician and claims she's never at risk. Mohammad Kaleem. In a tiny impoverished village in Jharkhand state Eastern India lives a boy with features unlike anything you've seen before. Muhammad Kaleem was born with unusually large arms and hands which continued to grow until they reached a staggering length of 33 centimeters from wrist to fingertips. At one point, his hands alone were said to weigh to stone betw

een them. Superstitious villagers mercilessly branded him a devil child. And his local school refused to admit him in case he scared other kids. The real reason for is one of a kind body parts is a strange condition called macrodactyly or local giantism which causes an overgrowth of bone and soft tissue in infants. Because his parents earned less than $20 a month, Kaleem learned to live with his oversized hands which made it almost impossible to complete simple everyday tasks. Thankfully in 2014

, the Kaleem family were introduced to a specialist doctor named Dr. Sabapathy who is known for his expertise in microsurgery. Mohammed then traveled thousands of miles to Ganga Hospital in Coimbatore to face an eight-hour operation to de-bulk his forearm and right hand without damaging any nerves. With medical advancements still being made every day, Kaleem's family are now hopeful then in time he will someday be able to live a normal life. Mandy Sellars. Mohammed Kaleem isn't the only one to h

ave developed giant-sized body parts as a child. When she was born in 1975, the nurses caring for now 44-year old British woman, Mandy Sellars noticed something out of the ordinary. Her legs were abnormally large. Although she was allowed to return home with her parents, Mandy's legs continued to balloon as she got older and eventually reached an enormous size. And at their largest, they were thought to weigh 15 stone altogether. Almost three times the weight of the rest of her body. In 2006, do

ctors diagnosed Mandy with Proteus syndrome a rare condition causing bone overgrowth that affects about 120 people worldwide. But specialists later determined that Sellar's condition was a result of something known as a PIK3CA gene mutation. Her extraordinary legs didn't stop Mandy from living a happy and independent life, even achieving a degree in psychology. In 2003, she suffered a major setback though when she was paralyzed for six weeks due to deep vein thrombosis. And three years later, sh

e contracted MRSA, which meant she had to have her left leg amputated. After the operation, her leg began to balloon again and she was prescribed a compound called Rapamycin, which was successful in shrinking her legs slightly. Although it's unlikely they will ever return to regular size. In 2016, she set up an organization dedicated to helping other people like her live out a happy and normal life. Jose Mestre. One of the main things that makes us unique as human beings is our own face. We all

have the same features, but we also have slight differences that contribute to our perception of each other as individuals. One man, 51-year old Jose Mestre from Lisbon Portugal is a tragic exception to this rule, as he has become known as the man with no face. Mestre was born with ordinary facial features like the rest of us, but during puberty a small strawberry-colored birthmark on his upper lip began growing at an extortionate rate. Over the past 35 years, this growth has consumed Mestre's f

ace altogether partially blinding him and making it hard to breathe. Doctors diagnosed the growth as an extreme haemangioma tumor which results from a collection of blood vessels that have expanded creating a raised red area. Surgeons offered Mestre various procedures to have the tumor removed, but due to his religious beliefs as a Jehovah's witness, he was opposed to the idea of a blood transfusion. In 2010, however, a leading British surgeon offered to treat Jose using ultrasound waves that wo

uld reduce the risk of a major blood loss. After going under the knife, Mestre was freed of the growth weighing 12 pounds and measuring 40 centimeters and was reunited with his own features. Mohammad Latif Khatana. 32-year old Mohammad Latif Khatana from Kashmir India suffered a similar fate to Jose Mestre after he was born with a small facial lump that grew to an immense size eclipsing his face altogether. Latif Khatana's facial deformity is an extreme case of Neurofibromatosis, a spontaneously

occurring genetic disorder that results in tumors being produced along the nerves. Although Latif Khatana lost an eye at eight years old, his condition is painless, but has impaired vision means he can't find work. In 2008 however, Latif Khatana married his wife Salema who was born with one foot. And in 2012 she gave birth to their first child a little girl showing no signs of her father's deformity. Although surgery is an option, it could damage vital veins or blood vessels within the tumor an

d Lalif Khatana is now more focused on creating a better life for his family. Slamet, another extreme case of neurofibromatosis has been identified in a village in East Java where a 59-year old man known only as Slamet became gradually riddled with thousands of tiny tumors covering his body from head to toe. The condition is said to have accelerated after the man had a tumor removed from his waist in 1991 and the small growth then started sprouting all over his skin just six months later. Slamet

's condition has now reached the point that he can no longer see or breathe properly and he is said to be in constant pain. Despite their alarming appearance however, the growths and swellings are not cancerous or contagious, and are simply a result of an overgrowth of cells around the body. There's currently no known cure for this condition, and the local community are banding together to raise money for specialist surgery that could ease Slamet's suffering. Did you have any idea that these ext

raordinarily rare people existed? And which did you find the most inspirational or shocking? Let me know in the comments below, and thanks for watching. (upbeat music)