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face fat loss

I realize that I've never been exposed to high risk of HIV infection, I've always used condoms and never experienced condom failure. I am also aware that HIV is not diagnosed on the basis of symptoms, but I was wondering whether face fat loss and redistribution of fat is caused by early HIV infection, anti-retro viral medications or long-term HIV infection that has progressed to AIDS?

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NO and you don't have an HIV concern.
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With all due respect, but I didn't have my question answered.

Are facial fat loss and redistribution of fat due to early HIV infection, anti-retro viral medications or long-term HIV infection that has progressed to AIDS?


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Facial fat loss and redistrubition of fat...where did you come up with that?
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Google

Look it up under the term "lipoatrophy" and "lipodystrophy".

There is so much misleading and contradicting information available online.

Some articles state it's caused by few anti-retro viral medications, others state it's caused by long-term HIV infection which has progressed to AIDS, and I've run into very few articles which say that it appears in people who have had HIV for a while, which means an early HIV infection. Which one is correct?

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Is of no concern to you. You don't have HIV or AIDS.
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Teak is naughty!
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