26-year-old South Korean Man Suffers From a Rare Condition Looks Like a Teenager

A 26-year-old South Korean man who looks like a 12-year-old kid is yet to reach puberty.

Shin Hyomyung, who is also known as Korea's Peter Pan, was recently approached by a TV network and was filmed going to a club wherein he showed his ID proof with his birth year 1989, but the guy hasn't yet hit puberty.

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Hyomyung, who wishes to have a beautiful girlfriend, reportedly suffers from a rare disease called "Highlander Syndrome" that has caused him to age very slowly, but this condition hasn't yet been recognized medically.

He grew normally until he entered his teens, where his growth seems to have slowed to almost a halt and now possesses baby face with full cheeks and hairless soft skin.

Source-ANI

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