FOR almost 40 years Li Xitian has suffered from an incurable skin condition that makes his skin as rough as tree bark ... The villagers have dubbed him "bark man" and, while they claim they ...

Indonesian man with a rare skin condition gets radical treatment. Jakarta, INDONESIA, Aug. 12, 2008 — -- Dede Koswara, known in his native Indonesia as "Tree Man," has lived for years with ...

A man who has an incurable skin disease which makes his skin appear as rough as tree bark claims it was caused by a trip to the hairdresser. Li Xitian who was dubbed 'Bark Man' claims the ...

For nearly six decades, 58-year-old Li Xitian from China’s Henan province has been suffering from a skin disorder causing his body to resemble a tree and has been dubbed as ‘bark man’ by ...

is sometimes called "tree-man disease" or "human tree disease." It's a very rare syndrome that causes bark-like lesions to grow on your skin. The lesions are disfiguring and can grow so large that ...

He told me that bark protects trees. “Bark is like our skin,” Adams said. “It protects trees from all kinds of attackers that might want to get in – like viruses, bacteria, fungi ...

His art gallery in Asikkala is filled with a myriad of objects constructed of nothing but strips of birch bark woven together without glue or nails. When properly processed, the cardboard-like ...

A thick, bark-covered log is shaped into a unique masterpiece on the lathe. The combination of rough bark and smooth wood creates a striking contrast that brings out the natural beauty of the ...

While wood is generally perceived as a robust and inflexible material, Pekkarinen insists that, with the right technique, birch bark can be used to make "anything you can imagine". His art gallery ...