India, Aug. 25 -- An 18-year-old boy from India, called Lalit Patidar, has broken the Guinness World Record for the hairiest face on a male, with hair covering nearly 95% of his face. According to a Guinness World Records report from March 2025, Lalit has 201.72 hairs per square centimetre, indicating that his facial hair growth is very dense.

The report detailed that Lalit has a very rare condition called 'werewolf syndrome,' which triggers abnormally dense facial hair growth. This rare case is so uncommon that it has scarcely been documented worldwide and across centuries. Astonishingly, Lalit is one of only about 50 recorded cases since the Middle Ages. If you need a bit of context, the Middle Ages were roughly around 500 to 1,500 yea...