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takyon [soylentnews.org] writes:

Two people diagnosed HIV positive after receiving 'vampire facial' in New Mexico [nbcnews.com]

At least two clients of a shuttered New Mexico day spa tested HIV positive, a state health official said, possibly from receiving a "vampire facial."

The two people were infected at VIP Spa in Albuquerque between May and September 2018, according to the New Mexico Department of Health [nmhealth.org].

The infections came via "injection related procedures," state regulators said in a statement. The health department did not elaborate.

But NBC affiliate KOB reported that the procedure in question is the so-called "vampire facial" [kob.com] — when blood is drawn from a client's body and then re-injected into his or her face.

State health officials fear there might be more people who could test positive for HIV, and hepatitis B and C.

So, slept with any mortals/vessels lately?

Previously: "Vampire Facial" Gone Wrong [soylentnews.org]

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