Medical mystery: Boy living with rare excess skin condition | 60 Minutes Australia

To medical science, Tomm Tennent is a mystery. For reasons no-one yet understands, he was born hugely wrinkled by an excess of skin. Doctors had no treatment and no cure. Only the hope that as Tomm grew older he might somehow grow into all that spare skin. It was a condition never seen before and - 11 years on - Tomm's still the only person in the world to have it. When first we met Tomm Tennent he was a loveable toddler, totally unaware of his condition. But he obviously made a big impression for over the years we've received countless letters asking about his progress, and so now - the latest fascinating chapter in the young life of the remarkable Tomm Tennent (2003).

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