Former clients of a now-closed beauty spa in New Mexico are being urged to get tested for blood-borne infections after a new case of HIV was linked to a vampire facial at the spa, according to New Mexico health officials.
Blood-borne pathogens are transmitted when the bodily fluids of an infected person enter into the bloodstream of another person, which can occur through the use of needles, syringes or other injection equipment containing an infected person's blood, according toThe VIP Spa was shut down in September 2018 after an inspection by the department of health and the Board of Barbers and Cosmetologists identified"practices that could potentially spread blood-borne infections, including HIV,...
Over 100 former clients of the spa were tested in 2018 and 2019 during the initial investigation. Two of these tests came back positive for HIV, and both patients had become infected through vampire facials at the spa,In 2022, the spa’s owner, Maria De Lourdes Ramos De Ruiz, pleaded guilty to five felony counts of practicing medicine without a license,HIV is a virus that attacks the body’s immune system by destroying cells that help the body fight off disease and infection.
“It’s very important that we spread the word and remind people who received any kind of injection-related to services provided at the VIP Spa to come in for free and confidential testing,” said Dr. Laura Parajon, deputy secretary for New Mexico Department of Health.
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