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plastic surgery
Jun 26, 2006

Hi, I am hiv + for 10 years. currently cd4+600 and vl un for more thrn 4 years. taking now viread+videx+kaletra due to resistance problems. thinking on gettng pregnent soon but before i want to do suction surgery, the plastic dr. says i should not touch the belly, but i can do the upper arms, back, neck and even waist and to put some of the fat in my face, i am a bit scarred , is there any risk of doing this surgery? di u know pepole who took it ? also i am considering of strting with uridine, is it recomended?i correspond with the company who's supply this product and herd on someone who used to take zerit(like i did)and suffers for hard lipo (like i do) and now even 2 years after he quit with the zerit he started with the ridine and have great results. Love to hear your opinion.

Response from Dr. Henry

The decision to try plastic surgery is often a financial one with the outcome being determined by a number of individual variables. Both men and women have had satisfactory results from plastic surgery interventions. The procedures are usually well tolerated by HIV+ persons. There is little data yet in use of uridine (Nucleomaxx)with no data that I am aware of regarding pregnancy. A trial for 6-12 months while using protecttion against pregnancy may be reasonable to try for some patients who have significant lipoatrophy. KH



  
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