“…The first documented case of hypertrichosis in the scientific literature was the case of Petruz Gonzales, born in the Canary Islands archipelago in 1556, at the Ambras Castle 2 . Other cases later became famous, including those of circus exhibitionists, such as the case of Julia Pastrana, a Mexican dancer of indigenous origin, and the Russian Theodoro Petrov 11,12 . Although more than 300 new Mendelian phenotypes are added to the OMIM each year 13 , only a few cases of hypertrichosis-associated genetic disturbances have been reported.…”