04.27.24
Three women probably contracted HIV after receiving trendy "vampire facials" at an unlicensed spa in New Mexico, according to a new report published by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). Vampire facials began trending several years ago after Kim Kardashian extolled the virtues of the procedure.
The American Academy of Dermatology Association explains that the vampire facial procedure draws blood from the arm, is placed into a machine which "separates the platelets from the rest of your blood," then is "re-injected into you (only the part of your blood that contains a high concentration of platelets)."
According to the CDC, a woman in her 40s tested positive for HIV while traveling abroad in 2018. The patient reported no injection drug use, recent blood transfusions, or recent sexual contact with anyone other than her current sexual partner, who received a negative HIV test result after the patient’s diagnosis. However, the patient did report exposure to needles during a platelet-rich plasma (PRP) microneedling procedure in spring 2018 at a New Mexico spa. Another person tested positive for the virus during routine tests for life insurance in 2018, while a third did not find out she had HIV until last year, when hospitalized with an "AIDS-defining illness."
If the findings are true, they are the first known cases of the virus being transmitted during a non-sterile cosmetic injection procedure, according to the CDC.
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The American Academy of Dermatology Association explains that the vampire facial procedure draws blood from the arm, is placed into a machine which "separates the platelets from the rest of your blood," then is "re-injected into you (only the part of your blood that contains a high concentration of platelets)."
According to the CDC, a woman in her 40s tested positive for HIV while traveling abroad in 2018. The patient reported no injection drug use, recent blood transfusions, or recent sexual contact with anyone other than her current sexual partner, who received a negative HIV test result after the patient’s diagnosis. However, the patient did report exposure to needles during a platelet-rich plasma (PRP) microneedling procedure in spring 2018 at a New Mexico spa. Another person tested positive for the virus during routine tests for life insurance in 2018, while a third did not find out she had HIV until last year, when hospitalized with an "AIDS-defining illness."
If the findings are true, they are the first known cases of the virus being transmitted during a non-sterile cosmetic injection procedure, according to the CDC.
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