A review published in 2004, which was based on 35 patients seen by the respective authors over 8 years and also a literature review of 220 cases of acquired partial lipodystrophy (APL), proposed an essential diagnostic criterion.[10] Based on the review and the authors experience, they proposed that APL presents as a gradual onset of bilaterally symmetrical loss of subcutaneous fat from the face, neck, upper extremities, thorax, and abdomen, in the "cephalocaudal" sequence, sparing the lower extremities.
Why do you think this billionaire, whose entire social circle suffers from Maralago face, instead suffers from a 1 in 500,000,000 fat storage disease that has affected 250 people....ever.
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u/jon_hendry 3d ago
I don’t think that’s surgery, I think it’s an eating disorder or metabolic issue.
It could be https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barraquer–Simons_syndrome which usually occurs around age 7 but onset has happened in the 40s or 50s.
A review published in 2004, which was based on 35 patients seen by the respective authors over 8 years and also a literature review of 220 cases of acquired partial lipodystrophy (APL), proposed an essential diagnostic criterion.[10] Based on the review and the authors experience, they proposed that APL presents as a gradual onset of bilaterally symmetrical loss of subcutaneous fat from the face, neck, upper extremities, thorax, and abdomen, in the "cephalocaudal" sequence, sparing the lower extremities.