Facial Wasting & HIV/AIDS: Treatment
The Basics
- HIV/AIDS and Lipodystrophy Treatments Part II: Treatments for Fat Loss (May 2012)
From The Well Project
- The Skinny on Body Fat and HIV (Summer 2009)
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In Achieve, from ACRIA and GMHC
- About Face (Spring 2008)
"I have facial wasting and it's really depressing. When I walk down the street, I'm convinced people are staring at me and know that I'm positive. I've heard there's surgery to fix it. What can you tell me?"
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In The Positive Side, from Canadian AIDS Treatment Information Exchange
- An Overview of Poly-L-Lactic Acid (Sculptra, New-Fill) (January 23, 2007)
From AIDSinfo
- A Quick Look at the Most Popular Lipo Fixes (June 21, 2006)
From The Body's Lipoatrophy Resource Center
- What It's Like to Get Your Face Filled: A Pro Takes You Step-by-Step With Sculptra (June 21, 2006)
From The Body's Lipoatrophy Resource Center
- Treating Lipoatrophy: Interviews With Doctors and Researchers (June 21, 2006)
From The Body's Lipoatrophy Resource Center
- A Drug to Gain Fat? Hope of Treatments Beyond Facial Fillers (June 21, 2006)
From The Body's Lipoatrophy Resource Center
- Lipoatrophy: Insurance Tips: Saving Face Is a Right! (June 21, 2006)
From The Body's Lipoatrophy Resource Center
- Sculptra (Formerly New Fill) for Facial Wasting -- Where to Find Information on the Patient-Assistance Program (December 31, 2004)
In AIDS Treatment News, from AIDS Treatment News
- Patient/Doctor Q&A With Patrick McNamara, M.D. (October 2004)
Questions about starting meds, controlling diarrhea and using Sculptra to treat facial wasting.
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In HIV Treatment ALERTS!, from The Center for AIDS
- Cheek to Chic: Lipoatrophy Treatments Compared (April 2004)
Brief summaries of three facial wasting treatments: New-Fill (called Sculptra in the United States), SilSkin and Bio-Alcamid.
In POZ
- New Facial Filling Treatment for Lipodystrophy (September/October 2001)
How New-Fill works to help facial wasting.
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In Positively Aware, from Test Positive Aware Network
News & Viewpoints
- Filler Boosts Infection Risk in HIV Patients (October 4, 2012)
In CDC HIV/Hepatitis/STD/TB Prevention News Update, from U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
 The Mirror Has Two Faces: A Personal Account of Using Facial Filler for Lipoatrophy (September/October 2012)
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In Positively Aware, from Test Positive Aware Network
- Why Your Dentist Needs to Know About Your Facial Fillers (Summer 2012)
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In The Positive Side, from Canadian AIDS Treatment Information Exchange
- A Decade of Positive Faces: Joe Average (Summer 2011)
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In The Positive Side, from Canadian AIDS Treatment Information Exchange
- A Decade of Positive Faces: Jake Peters (Summer 2011)
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In The Positive Side, from Canadian AIDS Treatment Information Exchange
 Facial Lipoatrophy Treatments: Help Us Remove Barriers to Access: A Blog Entry by Nelson Vergel (April 15, 2011)
"Access to these products has gotten worse, not better, after January of 2010. Now we are asking for your help to sign this petition to be sent to Medicare to have them increase the rates for administering the products to patients."
From TheBody.com
- Patients Face More Complications With Facial Filler, Bio-Alcamid (February 2011)
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In Project Inform Perspective, from Project Inform
- Medicare to Pay for "Fillers" in HIV Patients (March 26, 2010)
In CDC HIV/Hepatitis/STD/TB Prevention News Update, from U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
- FDA Warns Consumers to Stop Using Hydroxycut Products (May 1, 2009)
From U.S. Food and Drug Administration
- The Pain and Glory of Getting New Cheeks: Mark King's Video Blog (March 25, 2009)
Tag along with Mark as he visits an HIV physician who specializes in facial wasting treatment, gets tips on what to look for in a facial treatment doctor, and receives his first Radiesse and Sculptra injections.
From TheBody.com
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