Love’s Triumph: The Journey of the ‘Man with No Face’ in Finding Happiness and Nurturing Hope for His Future Child’s Disfiguring Disorder.trucvi

News of his wife’s pregnancy came as bittersweet to the “man with no face.”

Mohammad Latif Khatana, who suffers from human papillomavirus, is overjoyed that his wife is seven months pregnant, but terrified that he will pass his rare condition to his unborn child, the Sun reported.

“I cannot wait to be a father and have some happiness in my life,” the Kashmir, India, resident told the newspaper. “But I worry every day and pray my child is not born like me.”

The 32-year-old was born with a small lump on face, which continued to grow, forming large flaps of skin that eventually obstructed his ability to see.

Mohammad Latif Khatana has a rare condition that prevents his body from fighting the human papillomavirus. “My mother still cries when she looks at me,” he says.

A rare genetic disorder has left Khatana’s immune system unable to fight the disease.

“My mother still cries when she looks at me,” Khatana said. “She feels so much guilt and cannot understand why her youngest boy was cursed.”

Despite his harrowing condition, Khatana said he’s found joy through the love of his life, Salima, 25, who he met four years ago.

Khatana said the pair, who married at a Muslim ceremony in 2008, knew right away that they were “a good match” because they were both “medically incomplete.”

“My wife has only one foot, and so for many years she struggled to meet a husband,” Khatana said. “As soon as we met we knew we were right for one another.”

Now that Salima is pregnant, Khatana says he doesn’t know how his condition will affect his future child because they can’t afford to see a doctor.

Despite his condition, love has entered Mohammad Latif Khatana’s life. “My wife has only one foot, and so for many years she struggled to meet a husband,” he says of his beloved, Salima, 25. “As soon as we met we knew we were right for one another.”

Khatana’s condition has prevented him from being able to find a job, forcing him to leave his home in the mountains of Tuli Bana for four months of the year to travel to Srinagar to beg for money.

“I’d love to do an honest day’s work like a normal man providing for his family,” Khatana said. “It would make me so proud, but no one will give me a chance. I have to beg and hope people take pity on me so that I can feed my family.”

The father-to-be went to a doctor about eight years ago, after his brother sold land to fund his trip. But the doctor told Khatana said nothing could be done.

“And now there is so many veins going through my creases that surgery would be too dangerous. I have lost all hope of help,” Khatana said. “This is how I’ll look forever.”