By Sara Malm For Mailonline. A teenager once named 'The World's Hairiest Girl' has revealed that she has married the 'love of her life' and now chooses to shave her face. Supatra 'Natty' Susuphan, 17, from the Thai capital Bangkok, has been showing off her newly hair-free face on social media in loved-up photos with her new husband. She suffers from an extremely rare genetic condition called Ambras Syndrome, also known as Werewolf Syndrome, which is a form of hypertrichosis which causes excessive body-hair growth. Then and now: Supatra Susuphan when she was named Hairiest Girl in the World in , left, and now as a year-old, right. Loved up: Supatra Susuphan, 17, formerly the Hairiest Girl in the World, is posing with her new husband on her social media account. Ms Susuphan, who was named the hairiest girl in the world by Guinness World Records in , has thick hair growing over her face, ears, arms, legs and back. Even laser treatment has failed to completely stop the hair growth, and she now regularly shaves her body, her father told local media. Her social media feed suggests she has found happiness with her unnamed husband after she posted: 'You're not just my first love, you're the love of my life. Ms Susuphan is one of a few dozen known sufferers of Ambras Syndrome to be documented since the Middle Ages.
"I hope I will be cured one day," says Susuphan
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Supatra Sasuphan, given the title of hairiest girl in the world in , has grown up quite a bit. Eight years ago, the world met the year-old Thai girl named Supatra Sasuphan. The young girl was a bit different than the average year-old girl; she had a face covered in hair. Supatra is afflicted by hypertrichosis, a syndrome that causes an abnormal amount of hair growth. Her abnormality has earned her the honour of being included in the Guinness Book of World Records. Years ago, despite the numerous insults and comments she received as a child, she succeeded in keeping a positive outlook towards her situation. She stated:.
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A woman who won the Guinness World Record for the hairiest girl in the world has shaved her face after falling in love. Supata Sasuphan,17, from Bangkok in Thailand suffers from a rare condition called Ambras Syndrome, otherwise known as Werewolf Syndrome , which causes excessive hair growth. There is no treatment for the syndrome - patients choose to shave, pluck or remove the hair using laser therapy. But for Sasuphan, laser treatment reportedly failed. Despite her condition, she remained optimistic and defied the bullies at school.
Teenager who was called Chewbacca at school has not been cured of her 'Werewolf Syndrome' - but has found happiness with her husband. A teenager who was officially named the hairiest girl in the world has started shaving her face so she could marry the 'love of her life'. Supatra Susuphan, known as Natty, has been showing off her newly hair-free face on her social media accounts. The year-old from the Thai capital Bangkok, has the extremely rare Ambras Syndrome, also known as Werewolf Syndrome. The genetic condition, which has only effected around 50 people worldwide since the Middle Ages, causes thick hair growth on the entire body except the palms of the hands and soles of the feet. Natty, who was named the hairiest teenager in the world by Guinness World Records in , received laser treatment as a child but it failed to work and her hair kept growing back. However, she has now revealed on social media that she has got married and has posted photographs showing her with no facial hair. Her father, Samrerng, said that she had still not been cured but had simply started shaving her face. But her social media feed suggests she has found happiness with her unnamed husband, who posted there: "You're not just my first lover, you're the love of my life. Natty has always had a positive outlook even when her condition caused her to be bullied and be called names including Wolf Girl and Chewbacca at school.