THESE shocking images show a baby girl with an extremely rare condition which has left her without any skin.

The baby born in Nagpur, Maharashtra is believed to be India's first known case of Harlequin Ichthyosis - a severe genetic disorder which leaves the entire body encased in armour-like thick white plates, separated by deep cracks.

4 Harlequin Ichthyosis is a severe genetic disorder which leaves the entire body encased in armour-like thick white plates, separated by deep cracks Credit: Barcroft Media

She was born by caesarean section to a 23-year-old woman from the Indian city of Amravati at the Lata Mangeshkar Medical College and Hospital.

Paediatrician Dr Yash Banait said the poor child faces a lifetime of treatment and daily skin moisturising.

4 Dr Yash Banai says there is no cure for the condition Credit: Barcroft Media

4 The child will have to undergo a lifetime of treatments Credit: Barcroft Media

He said: "There is no cure for this disorder. All that medical science can do is try to keep the baby alive."

Doctors say they're applying petroleum jelly and coconut oil onto the child's skin and giving her a special nutritional supplement.

Harlequin Ichthyosis, which affects approximately 1 in 300,000 births, requires intensive care at birth.

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Dr Banait added: "The baby is not finding any difficulty in breathing and is now stable."

According to the him, a baby with the same condition lived for 24 years after being born in Pakistan in 1984.

Another child with the severe condition was reportedly born in the USA in 1994.

4 She was born by caesarean section to a 23-year-old woman Credit: Barcroft Media