Kim Kardashian West is famous for going to extreme lengths in the name of beauty and in particular, for undergoing the so-called vampire facial in this quest. However, the treatment is being blamed for exposing two customers at a now-closed New Mexico spa to HIV infections, after the state health department called for previous clients to get tested for the HIV virus and other blood-borne illness.
Last year, health officials at the New Mexico Department Of Health advised any VIP Spa clients anyone who received injection-related services at the VIP Spa in Albuquerque to be tested for HIV, hepatitis B and hepatitis C — particularly those who received the services in May or June.
Among those services is the spa’s “vampire facial,” in which a customer’s own blood is drawn, and the platelet-rich plasma from that blood is injected into the customer’s face. Anyone who had undergone micro-needling was also put on notice by health officials and provided with free-testing.
Even in a sterile medical environment, anything calling for the use of needles and blood requires strict protocols, which are unlikely to be employed at a non-medical beauty spa.
Proponents of the so-called vampire facial believe the invasive treatment has anti-aging benefits. In the lead up to her wedding to Kanye West, Kim shared a video on social media undergoing the frightening procedure.
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