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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.
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.
28 wrz 2015 · Velasquez's condition, named Velasquez's syndrome because of it rarity, has made her body rail thin. She weighs less than 65 pounds, her skin sags and she's blind in one eye.
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 · How being called “the world’s ugliest woman" changed her life. 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.
9 sty 2014 · Velásquez has a rare condition that prevents her from gaining weight, even though she eats every 15 minutes. The Texas native has never weighed more than 64 pounds in her entire life, the International Business Times reported.
