This tragic story was forwarded to me on my email.

It features Dede Koswara, an Indonesian man who has tree like warts covering his hands and feet rendering him unable to perform basic functions of life.

His plight was highlighted by the Telegraph. American dermatologist Anthony Gaspari diagnosed his case, gave him chemotherapy and performed gruelling surgery on Dede.

He found Dede suffered from the Human Papilloma Virus (HPV), or common warts. Because he had an immune deficiency, the virus flourished to a massive, debilitating infection. Over nine months, Dr Gaspari gave Dede chemotherapy and performed gruelling surgery to remove 6 kg of branch-like warts.

“In the past I couldn’t even put on my own shirt. Now I can do it myself. It’s wonderful,” The Sun newspaper today quoted Dede as saying.

But now news is coming in that after 9 rounds of surgery, the warts are returning again.