perfect teeth. julia pastrana julia pastrana (1834–1860) travelled throughout the united states in a freak show as the bearded lady, capturing the attention of many artists. she is portrayed as having dark extensive hairs distributed equally throughout the surface of her body, even on the palms of her hands. originally, she was believed to have congenital hypertrichosis lanuginosa; however, the generalized form of the syndrome coupled with her gingival hyperplasia indicated that her condition was congenital terminal hypertrichosis. this was not confirmed until after her death, when it became clear that her x-linked syndrome resulted in terminal hairs. supattra sasupan in 2011, supattra sasupan (thai: สุพัตรา สะสุพันธ์; born august 5, 2000), an 11-year-old girl from thailand with hypertrichosis was named the world's hairiest girl by the guinness book of world records (as supatra sasuphan). etymology origin of the word hypertrichosis is in greek roots (hyper-, ʽexcessʼ; trikhos, hair and -osis, ʽformationʼ) and means a disorder that causes excessive hair growth over the body. medieval sources do not use this term, however prefer hairy men and women instead. these men and women are often mistaken for savages, who similarly have excessive hair, but hairy and savage individuals belong to different categories, since savagery is associated with social or religious isolation. having exceptional strength, they are deemed closer to the animal than to the human plane. on the contrary, hairy men and women with hypertrichosis are not necessarily isolated and they often live in courts as entertainers, together with other monster-like subjects. history the first recorded case of hypertrichosis was petrus gonsalvus of the canary islands. this was documented by ulisse aldrovandi and published in his posthumous monstrorum historia cum paralipomenis historiae omnium animalium in 1642. he noted that two daughters, a son, and a grandchild in gonsalvus' family all had hypertrichosis. altrovandus dubbed them the ambras family, after ambras castle near innsbruck, where portraits of the family were found. during the next 300 years, about 50 cases were observed. the scientist rudolf virchow described a form of hypertrichosis accompanied by gingival hyperplasia in 1873. in summer 2019, at least 17 spanish children have developed so-called “werewolf syndrome”, spain's health ministry has said. instead of being treated with omeprazole, a drug that helps with gastric reflux, they had received a treatment of minoxidil, a medication against hair loss. how the laboratory farmaquimica sur, based in malaga, made the mistake, is not yet clear. the lab has been closed as a precaution. in animals the condition is also sometimes found in cats. a male persian with the condition named atchoum achieved a certain level of notice due to the unusual appearance his hypertrichosis gave him, and has been nicknamed "the werewolf cat" (not to be confused with lykoi or werewolf cat). in 1955, a female müller's bornean gibbon was obtained from sarawak that exhibited abnormal hair growth in the facial region. it has been hypothesized that this could be due to facial hypertrichosis. hypertrichosis (often mistakenly classified as hirsutism) is a well documented condition in horses with a hormonal disorder of the hypothalamus, called cushing's disease. it is the most common endocrine disease of the middle-aged to older horse, often resulting in fatal laminitis. it can be successfully controlled by medications if diagnosed early.