Rare Genetic Disease Leaves 14-year-old Boy Trapped in an Old Man's Body (Photos)

 

14-year-old, Nihal Bitla looks exactly like an old man, with wrinkled leathery skin, a bald enlarged head and withered limbs, due to the rare disease that has robbed him off a normal life.

 

He weighs 12.5kg - just under two stone - and is under 4 foot (1.2 m) in height.

 

Nihal, who lives on the outskirts of Mumbai, India, suffers from a rare genetic disorder called Hutchinson-Gilford Progeria Syndrome (HGPS), which causes him to age eight times faster than normal.

 

Doctors have said very few in his condition live beyond the age of 20.