Man whose fingers were growing like tree branches cured after 16 surgeries (Warning: Disturbing photos)

He was nicknamed “Tree Man” because his fingers and toes were growing like tree branches. It took 16 surgeries take the wood-like warts on his hands and feet.

Out of the 7 billion humans on earth, only four people have been diagnosed with a rare skin condition called epidermodysplasia verruciformis; rare genetic hereditary skin disorder that causes wood-like warts on the body.

27-year-old, Abul Bajandar from Bangladesh was among the four people diagnosed with epidermodysplasia verruciformis.

The Tree Man was unable to hold his daughter since she was born as the warts on his body hindered him from holding anything or walking.

But this has changed as Bajandar went under the knife to have the warts on his body removed. Doctors at Dhaka Medical College Hospital successfully removed the last growths from Bajandar; a total 16 surgeries and five kilos of growths was removed from Bajandar since doctors began treating his condition a year ago.

The Bangladeshi man is now able to use his fingers and toes again. Doctors believe if the warts do not grow back, Bajandar will be the first person ever to recover from the genetic disease.