In Yangsan City, Gyeongsangnam-do, South Korea, there is an uncle named Son Hyung-geun, who is famous for his magical "fire-resistant palms".
(Sun Henggen has a pair of "refractory palms")
His hands can withstand the unbearable heat:
Put the paper on your hand and burn it to ashes without the slightest dodge......
(Hand burns paper)
Pick up a pot of boiling soup with bare hands without any discomfort...
(Bare hands holding boiling soup)
Just because Uncle Sun Henggen has a pair of hands that are not afraid of high temperatures and pain, these hands are covered with thick calluses, as if they have undergone special tempering and have been endowed with abilities that are different from ordinary people...
(Uncle Sun Henggen's hands are not afraid of high temperatures)
However, according to Sun Henggen himself, his special hands are actually innate.
When he was a child, Sun Henggen occasionally noticed that he was a little different from other children
When I did something wrong at school, the teacher slapped the student's palm with a bamboo stick as punishment.
The other friends were in tears, but he didn't feel it at all...
(Documentary scene restoration)
When I grew up, I fell in love with my girlfriend, and every time the two held hands, my girlfriend would complain that Sun Henggen held it too hard, but he felt that he didn't use it too hard.
(Son Henggen always grasps too tightly)
Sun Henggen gradually realized that his hands were very different from others.
There was a thick layer of calluses on his hands, like armor, which made him feel very sluggish, and he didn't react much to pain, extreme cold, or scalding.
(Son Hyung-geun has a thick layer of cocoons on his hands)
The reason why I never realized this problem was because my mother, like him, also had a pair of calloused hands.
The old man touched the hot pot with his hands for a long time and took things out of the refrigerator, and these movements were painless.
(Sun Henggen's mother)
Even if he knew his special ability, Sun Henggen didn't take it too seriously, and lived disapprovingly for decades.
The family is also used to using him as a human-shaped anti-scald clip, and the rice is steamed and served to the table.
(Sun Henggen holding freshly cooked rice)
The sterilized towel was boiled and let him go to dry...
(Sun Henggen picks up the towel with boiling water to disinfect)
Even Sun Henggen's own fried chicken restaurant, he himself has become the most efficient servant:
As soon as the dish came out of the pot, he immediately brought it to the table with his bare hands, causing the guests to exclaim...
(Sun Henggen brings the freshly cooked dishes to the table)
After a long time, Sun Henggen became a well-known figure in Liangshan City, and his deeds gradually went out of the circle, attracting the attention of local TV stations.
After witnessing his special function, the reporter decided to take Sun Henggen and his mother to the hospital for examination, wanting to figure out this phenomenon from a medical point of view.
This examination really found out the problem, and the doctor revealed the truth that the mother and son are not afraid of being hot:
Both his mother and Sun Henggen suffer from an inherited rare disease called PalmoPlantar Keratoderma (PPK), which has an incidence of 2.5 per 100,000 people, and the specific symptoms are abnormally rough skin on the palms and soles of the feet, and severe keratinization.
Such symptoms make Sun Henggen and his mother have a common daily habit:
Whenever I have leisure, I will grind my palm with a rough object, just to remove the new cocoons that are constantly growing.
(Sun Henggen grinds the skin of his palm whenever he has leisure)
However, the doctor also said that Sun Henggen and his mother's palmoplantar keratosis was not serious, and only simple treatment was needed.
On top of that, doctors strongly recommend:
Sun Henggen and his mother should stop holding hot objects with their hands, because although they don't feel it, the skin cells in the inner layer may have been damaged, and in severe cases, it may cause infection.
(The doctor advised Sun Henggen not to touch hot objects again)
Sun Henggen was finally relieved and had been burdened with a special ability for most of his life, which turned out to be a rare disease.
From now on, he can only seal this ability, after all, health is more important than fame......
(Son Hyung-geun decides to seal the skill)