A joint investigation between the US Centers for Disease Control and the New Mexico Department of Health revealed that women “likely acquired HIV due to a cosmetic procedure,” marking the first known cases of infection through cosmetic injections, according to the report. Network reported “NBC News“News.
The cosmetic procedure that the three women underwent is known as the “Vampire Facial,” and according to its promoters, it helps “tighten the face and reduce the appearance of acne scars or wrinkles.”
According to the newspaper “Washington Post“This treatment involves injecting the face with platelet-rich plasma, using small needles that barely penetrate the skin. However, according to the American Academy of Dermatology, little evidence supports the benefits of this procedure.
HIV is transmitted through contact with bodily fluids from an infected person, including blood and semen, which is why it is most often transmitted through sex or contaminated injections.
AIDS attacks the immune system, as patients suffer from severe damage to their immune system, making them vulnerable to various types of infections and serious diseases.
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In a report published Thursday, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention explained that 3 women likely contracted HIV because they received “vampire” treatment at a spa in New Mexico.
The first case of HIV infection was discovered at that resort in 2018, prompting the New Mexico Department of Health to offer free testing to anyone who underwent a “vampire” procedure or any treatment involving the use of cosmetic injections at that facility.
The resort was closed after its investigators “identified practices that could spread blood-borne infections,” the department said at the time.
The latest case was of a woman who underwent treatment at that health resort, and she tested positive for AIDS last year, prompting the Ministry of Health to reopen the previous investigation.
The Centers for Disease Control noted that the first case was of a middle-aged woman who tested positive for HIV in 2018, even though she had no history of intravenous drug use, recent blood transfusions, or any sexual contact with another person. infected with HIV.
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The second two were middle-aged women who underwent vampiric treatments in 2018. One was diagnosed with stage 1 HIV in 2019, and the other in 2023, when she was hospitalized with severe symptoms.
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said the spa did not have the proper licenses to operate and did not use proper safety procedures.
The resort owner pleaded guilty in 2022 to 5 criminal charges, related to practicing medicine without a license.
Investigators from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and the Department of Health ultimately determined that 59 of the spa’s clients may have been exposed to HIV, and of those, 20 people received vampire facials.
The Centers for Disease Control indicated that these treatments “are considered safe in terms of not causing infection if known safety procedures are followed.”
It should be noted that the “vampire” technique had gained momentum in many countries of the world, after reality TV star, Kim Kardashian, published pictures of herself on social media platforms, with her face stained with blood, after undergoing that procedure.
