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| Abstract #476 - E-Posters English | ||||
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Session: 50.68: E-Posters English (Poster) on Sunday in Chaired by Authors: Presenting Author: Dr Graham Frize - Imperial College NHS Trust, United Kingdom |
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| Additional Authors: Dr. Jordi Casabona, Sra Cristina Sanclemente, Dra. Anna Esteve, Dra. Victoria Gonzalez, Grupo HIVITS TS, | ||||
| Aim: The primary aim of the research was to establish novel empirical evidence of the impact of facial lipoatrophy from antiretroviral medications on other peoples perceptions of those who have developed it. It also aimed to determine the extent to which treatment with polylactic acid filler (Newfill) ameliorates such effects. | ||||
| Method / Issue: An online study presented 24 computer generated before and after filler treatment images and control images of male faces. Images were presented randomly and participants were asked to rate them for health, age and attractiveness on a 100 point scale. Rater demographics were also recorded. | ||||
| Results / Comments: 450 people took part in the study initially. The findings demonstrate that the impact of facial atrophy on perception of health, age and attractiveness is mild to moderately negative and this varies with the age and pre-morbid attractiveness of the person affected. The range of mean rating changes for individual image pairs was from 5.41 to 19.24 for health ratings, from 3.86 to 15.53 for attractiveness ratings and from -0.83 to -5.3 years for age ratings (all sigifiact at p <.001). While there are some important commonalities, the perception of people with facial atrophy was found to vary significantly also with the age, gender and sexuality of the perceiver. Post filler images were rated on average 15% healthier (p <.001). Post filler images were rated on average 12% more attractive (p <.001). Such images were three times more likely to be categorised as attractive (÷2 = 405.67, df = 1, p < .001). Post intervention images were rated consistently as younger looking by an average of 3.2 years (p <.001). | ||||
| Discussion: The findings provide clear empirical evidence that polylactic acid filler treatment significantly ameliorates the negative effects of facial atrophy on appearance and improves ratings of health, age and attractiveness by perceivers across all age, gender and sexuality groups. | ||||
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