Personal Accounts of Facial Wasting (Lipoatrophy)
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| Mark King has lived with HIV for more than 25 years. After he began developing "the look" of a long-term survivor -- facial lipoatrophy, he decided to go for treatment. Read and watch his story. |
- Body Shape Changes Dramatically Impact the Self-Esteem of HIV-Positive People (April 15, 2009)
Nelson Vergel, a longtime HIV activist and 26-year survivor of HIV, created an anonymous Internet survey that asks people with HIV to detail the impact of body shape changes on their quality of life and self esteem.
From The Body
- 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
- How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Live With Lipoatrophy (June 21, 2006)
For Jeff Berry, watching the "death" of his face has involved a long grieving process -- one that he's still working through.
From The Body's Lipoatrophy Resource Center
- Living and Learning With Lipoatrophy: Interviews With HIVers (June 21, 2006)
From The Body's Lipoatrophy Resource Center
- Doing Everything Right (Summer 2005)
[Archived Article]
This anonymous HIVer took all the right steps to improve his mental and physical health -- but he still couldn't avoid lipodystrophy and facial wasting.
To read PDF, click here
In ACRIA Update, from AIDS Community Research Initiative of America
- 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.
To read PDF, click here
In Positively Aware, from Test Positive Aware Network
- What You Lookin' At? (May 2001)
[Archived Article]
In GMHC Treatment Issues, from Gay Men's Health Crisis
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