Facial Wasting & HIV/AIDS: 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)
[Archived Article]
In AIDS Treatment News, from AIDS Treatment News
- Patient/Doctor Q&A With Patrick McNamara, M.D. (October 2004)
[Archived Article]
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)
[Archived Article]
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From U.S. National Institutes of Health
- Cheek to Chic: Lipoatrophy Treatments Compared (April 2004)
[Archived Article]
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)
[Archived Article]
How New-Fill works to help facial wasting.
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In Positively Aware, from Test Positive Aware Network
News & Viewpoints
- 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 The Body
- Soria Announces the Addition of Lipoatrophy Repairing Treatment to the Common Services Portfolio of the National Health System (August 4, 2008)
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From Ministerio de Sanidad Y Consumo
- 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)
[Archived Article]
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)
[Archived Article]
In Dallas Voice
- Facing Up to It: Bio-Alcamid as a Facial Filler to Treat Lipoatrophy (November/December 2004)
[Archived Article]
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)
[Archived Article]
In Washington Blade
- Approval of Sculptra for Treating Facial Lipoatrophy (August 3, 2004)
[Archived Article]
From U.S. Food and Drug Administration
- Lipoatrophy Treatment Nears Approval in U.S. (March 26, 2004)
[Archived Article]
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)
[Archived Article]
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)
[Archived Article]
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)
[Archived Article]
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)
[Archived Article]
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)
[Archived Article]
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)
[Archived Article]
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In Positively Aware, from Test Positive Aware Network
- New-Fill Use Halted (January/February 2002)
[Archived Article]
In Positively Aware, from Test Positive Aware Network
- Implants Limit HIV Wasting Facial Change (December 2001)
[Archived Article]
In Body Positive, from Body Positive
- Who Moved My Cheeks? (November/December 2000)
[Archived Article]
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In Positively Aware, from Test Positive Aware Network
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