Three women tested positive for HIV after receiving vampire facials from a New Mexico salon, marking the first CDC investigation to associate transmission of the disease with cosmetic injections.
involving the three patients who were likely infected with HIV after receiving vampire facials at a now-shuttered New Mexico salon.
Vampire facials use the client’s own blood pulled and re-inserted with micro-needling to refresh the skin on their face. The procedure gained attention in March 2013 whenTwo additional cases in the CDC investigation were also women, aged 40-60, who both received vampire facials in 2018. One woman tested positive for HIV in 2018 during a routine evaluation for life insurance while the other woman received her diagnosis in 2023 after being hospitalized with an AIDS-related illness.
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