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Born in Austin, Texas, Lizzie Velasquez was diagnosed with a rare condition, neonatal progeroid syndrome, which prevented her from gaining weight and affected her eyes, bones, and heart. Lizzie didn’t realize she was different in any way from anyone else since her parents never treated her any differently.
Velásquez's condition is an extremely rare, previously undiagnosed, and non-terminal genetic disorder. [11] Her condition bears similarities to many other conditions, especially progeria.
8 paź 2021 · A motivational speaker with a very rare condition that affects her physical appearance has opened up about how being dubbed "the world's ugliest woman" at 17 helped to redefine her life. Lizzie Velasquez was born with Marfanoid-progeroid-lipodystrophy syndrome, which prevents her from gaining weight, affects her facial structure, and has…
14 mar 2015 · Velasquez was already used to being bullied daily for the way she looks. Born with two rare conditions - Marfan and lipodystrophy - she is unable to gain weight, no matter how much she eats.
8 lis 2013 · Lizzie is just four stone and has almost zero per cent body fat but her appearance is due to a genetic condition which means she cannot put on weight.
31 sie 2016 · Lizzie was born with lipodystrophy, a rare syndrome that makes it impossible for her to gain weight regardless of how often she eats. It also causes early aging and has left her blind in one eye.
31 sie 2015 · Lizzie Velasquez was born in Austin, Texas, with neonatal progeroid syndrome, a rare genetic disease that affects her heart, eyes and bones, and prevents her from gaining weight.
