New mum gives birth to baby girl who ‘looks older than her’ due to rare ‘Benjamin Button’ condition
The 20-year-old woman gave birth to a girl with the rare "Benjamin Button" condition, also called Hutchinson-Gilford syndrome, that causes sufferers to age faster than usual. The South African family was left devastated after snaps of the infant were shared online and sick trolls commented that she looked like "an old woman". According to local media the young woman gave birth at her home on Monday in the small town of Libode. Children diagnosed with progeria tend to die of arteriosclerosis at an average age of just 14.5 years.
Source: thesun.co.uk