It all started with a cut on his leg that he got when he was 15. Dede says that after a while the place of the cut started to itch and be irritating. He really didn't think anything of it. Then after a few days the he started to get warts. It soon started to spread all over his body.

        Today Dede is unable to work and lives with his two daughters in poverty. He says that he can not travel anywhere and he is forced to stay with his parents because his hands and feet are so heavy.

        He frequently joined a freak show. He is often targeted of abuse and criticism in his village. He says people just thinks that he is strange and really just don't understand. To this day he is only known for what is on the outside.

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