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Facial Wasting Treatment
The Basics
- 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
- A Drug to Gain Fat? Hope of Treatments Beyond Facial Fillers (June 21, 2006)
From The Body's Lipoatrophy Resource Center
- A Quick Look at the Most Popular Lipo Fixes (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
- Treating Lipoatrophy: Interviews With Doctors and Researchers (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
- 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
- An Overview of Poly-L-Lactic Acid (Sculptra, New-Fill) (August 5, 2004)
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From U.S. National Institutes of Health
- 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 & Opinion
- FDA Approves Radiesse for Treating Facial Lipoatrophy (December 29, 2006)
From U.S. Food and Drug Administration
- FDA Approves Radiesse Facial Filler for Two New Aesthetic Indications (December 27, 2006)
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From BioForm Medical, Inc.
- Health Canada Provides Bio-Alcamid Injections for Facial Wasting; Full Approval Expected Soon (July 29, 2005)
In CDC HIV/Hepatitis/STD/TB Prevention News Update, from U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
- Help Nears for Patients With AIDS Facial Wasting Syndrome (2005)
In Dallas Voice
- Facing Up to It: Bio-Alcamid as a Facial Filler to Treat Lipoatrophy (November/December 2004)
Matt Sharp recounts his trip to Tijuana to receive this experimental therapy.
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In Positively Aware, from Test Positive Aware Network
- Sculptra Costs Four Times More in U.S. Than in Europe (September 24, 2004)
In Washington Blade
- Approval of Sculptra for Treating Facial Lipoatrophy (August 3, 2004)
From U.S. Food and Drug Administration
- Lipoatrophy Treatment Nears Approval in U.S. (March 26, 2004)
In CDC HIV/Hepatitis/STD/TB Prevention News Update, from U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
- Update on Sculptra (New-Fill) Hearing (March 26, 2004)
An FDA advisory committee unanimously recommended the treatment's approval, provided restrictions are set against its general cosmetic use.
In AIDS Treatment News, from AIDS Treatment News
- Treatment News: Lipoatrophy -- A New "Scarlet Letter" (March/April 2004)
Anecdotal reviews of several treatment options for facial wasting.
In Survival News, from AIDS Survival Project
- The FDA Has Accepted the Filing for an Injectable Poly-L-Lactic Acid Called "Sculptra" to Treat Facial Lipoatrophy (February 27, 2004)
The facial wasting treatment known outside the United States as New-Fill moves one step closer to U.S. approval.
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In STEP Ezine, from Seattle Treatment Education Project
- Aventis Applies for FDA Approval of Lipoatrophy Treatment (February 10, 2004)
The facial wasting treatment known most widely as New-Fill seeks review for possible approval in the United States.
From Advocate.com
- HIV Patients Try to Remedy Gaunt Appearance (May 21, 2002)
In CDC HIV/Hepatitis/STD/TB Prevention News Update, from U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
- New-Fill for an Old Face (May/June 2002)
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In Positively Aware, from Test Positive Aware Network
- New-Fill Use Halted (January/February 2002)
In Positively Aware, from Test Positive Aware Network
- Implants Limit HIV Wasting Facial Change (December 2001)
In Body Positive, from Body Positive
- Who Moved My Cheeks? (November/December 2000)
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In Positively Aware, from Test Positive Aware Network
Research
- A Facial Filler May Cause Problems Long After It's Taken, Study Finds (May 20, 2008)
In Medscape
- Study Casts Doubt on Glitazones as Lipoatrophy Treatment (May 8, 2007)
From AIDSMeds.com
- Comparing the Effects of Rosiglitazone, Pravastatin, Recombinant Human Growth Hormone and Combinations Thereof on HIV-Associated Lipodystrophy (September 30, 2006)
In 46th Interscience Conference on Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy
- Twice-Daily Massage Can Reduce Papule Formation Among HIV-Infected Patients Receiving Poly-L-Lactic Acid Injections (December 16, 2005)
In The 45th Interscience Conference on Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy
- Poly-L-Lactic Acid for the Treatment of Facial Wasting (April 2005)
A small study finds the injections are safe and reasonably well tolerated, but found no significant improvement in quality of life.
From The Body PRO
- Can Glitazones Reverse Lipoatrophy? (November 2004)
A recent study says yes, but other studies have shown mixed results.
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In Project Inform Perspective, from Project Inform
- Bone Cement Injections Show Success as Facial Wasting Treatment (July 16, 2004)
In CDC HIV/Hepatitis/STD/TB Prevention News Update, from U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
- Polylactic Acid Injections for Facial Wasting (November 2001)
In OUTReach, from San Francisco AIDS Foundation
- PLA Injections or Facial Wasting (Summer/Autumn 2001)
In Bulletin of Experimental Treatments for AIDS, from San Francisco AIDS Foundation
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