Three women likely contracted HIV after receiving so-called 'vampire facials' making them the first known cases of the virus being transmitted during a a cosmetic injection procedure.
Three women likely contracted HIV after receiving so-called 'vampire facials' at an unlicensed spa in New Mexico, according to a new report published by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention . The shocking findings would make them the first known cases of the virus being transmitted during a non-sterile cosmetic injection procedure, the CDC says.
Another person tested positive for the virus during routine tests for life insurance in 2018, while a third did not find out she had HIV until last year, when hospitalized with an 'AIDS-defining illness.
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