ALL ABOUT "DEMON FACE SYNDROME"
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22 March 2024
A man visited a clinic in the US complaining that the faces of other people that he sees appear warped
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Victor Sharrah was suffering from prosopometamorphopsia, also know as "demon face syndrome"
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'Prosopo' is the Greek word for face, while 'metamorphopsia' describes transformation or distortion
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Based on his description, researchers created digital versions of the distorted faces
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The rare condition has long been misdiagnosed as schizophrenia
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Mr Sharrah told the doctors that the faces he sees have ears, noses and mouths stretched back
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He also said he sees deep grooves in people's foreheads, cheeks and chins
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Another strange fact about the neurological disorder is that distortions do not in photographs
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The Tennessee resident had a sharp vision, but things suddenly changed in November 2020
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The resulting images were published on Thursday in The Lancet
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Prosopometamorphopsia is caused by dysfunction in the brain network that handles facial processing
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However, researchers haven't fully understood what triggers the condition
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