Sharron Brown
Trustee
Sharron’s interest in facial lipoatrophy began as a Research Charge Nurse on a pilot study of New-Fill/Sculptra (poly-L-lactic) injections for HIV positive patients; she learned to treat facial lipoatrophy in 2002 and has treated people with extreme anxiety and poor body image, women with HIV and Transgender women. Since 2005 she has trained and mentored doctors, dentists and nurses in the NHS and private sector, and in 2014 helped develop ‘The Pan London Facial Lipoatrophy Service’, led by Chelsea and Westminster Hospital NHS Foundation Trust. She has given expert opinion to NICE on Bio-Alcamid, was a key contributor to “An Integrated Career & Competence framework for nurses working with HIV-associated facial lipoatrophy in adults”, sat on the Sanofi-Aventis Training and Advisory Board and the editorial board of the Journal of Aesthetic Nursing (where she remains a peer reviewer), and was in the NMC revalidation pilot group. A founder member of the British Association of Cosmetic Nurses (BACN), she sits on its board as secretary. She was a member of the Nuffield Council of Bioethics working party on cosmetic procedures (report published June 2017), is a Nurse Independent Prescriber, a Key Opinion Leader for Galderma and an advisor to the CMAC (Complications in Medical Aesthetic Collaborative) support team.