In 1993, Tomm Tennent was born in South East Australia with an extremely rare condition that caused his body to produce unusually high levels of hyaluronic acid, leaving him with extensive excess, wrinkled skin. Doctors were initially baffled, but his parents chose to embrace him and hope that his condition would improve with age. After spending about two and a half months in hospital, Tomm gradually improved as doctors predicted, and although he faced teasing as a child, his appearance became far less affected as he grew older….
