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"Vampire Facial" Gone Wrong

posted by martyb on Saturday September 15 2018, @01:13PM   Printer-friendly
from the bad-blood dept.

takyon writes:

'Vampire Facial' Becomes Actual Horror As N.M. Spa Clients Face HIV Testing

The vampire facial was only supposed to sound scary. Sure, it involves extracting the patient's own blood, isolating the platelet-rich plasma by spinning it in a centrifuge and then re-injecting it into the face. But the results are touted to be rejuvenated, smooth and supple skin, not an HIV or hepatitis scare, as clients of the VIP Spa in Albuquerque, N.M., are now facing.

Health officials say those who received the vampire facial there — or any other type of injection-related service — at the spa between May and June 2018 were potentially put at risk of contracting a blood-borne disease. The New Mexico Department of Health is urging them to come for free HIV, hepatitis B and hepatitis C testing as well as free counseling.

The department was tipped off after a spa client "developed an infection that may have resulted from a procedure performed by the VIP Spa." Health and state regulatory officials performed an inspection and found problems with needle storage, handling and disposal. A health department spokesman told NPR while it is still early in the investigation, no other infections have been identified.

Also at WebMD and SFGate.

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  • (Score: 2, Offtopic) by Runaway1956 on Saturday September 15 2018, @04:44PM (2 children)

    by Runaway1956 (2926) Subscriber Badge on Saturday September 15 2018, @04:44PM (#735332) Journal

    That sorta matches up with my first thought. "Poetic justice" was served. No, no court in any land would agree with me about justice, but the "victims" kinda sorta deserved a good scare, at the least, for going to all this trouble to look like shit.

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  • (Score: 2, Touché) by Anonymous Coward on Saturday September 15 2018, @11:39PM (1 child)

    by Anonymous Coward on Saturday September 15 2018, @11:39PM (#735482)

    They are victims, why hate on people for being vain? Pretty much every human does. You shit on your wife for wearing makeup? Would you say she deserves it if some product contained a toxin that seriously jeapordized her health?

    Not shocked at your response, just know it is a fucked up one.

    • (Score: -1, Flamebait) by fakefuck39 on Monday September 17 2018, @04:50AM

      by fakefuck39 (6620) on Monday September 17 2018, @04:50AM (#735858)

      I think this is the guy who thinks splenda is bad for you because chlorine is a poison. he doesn't know the difference between an atom and a molecule. his comments are not fucked up, they are just all really, really stupid.