2024-04-26 17:51:00
Albuquerque – A new report on HIV cases in… United States state New Mexico published which is related to a cosmetic treatment. It is said that dirty work was done in a spa. One infected person even had to be hospitalized with severe symptoms.
The “Vampire Facial” involves injecting blood plasma into the face using small needles. (Symbolic image) © 123RF/elenavolf
The connection between the disease and the spa treatment became known through the infections of three women.
The three ladies with an unremarkable history had all visited the “Vip Spa” in the city, which was investigated for the first time in 2018 for an HIV problem, which “NBC” reported.
Those affected had one thing in common: they had undergone a facial treatment, also known as the “Vampire facial”.
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This is an autologous blood treatment where blood is taken from the patient and the plasma, separated from the blood, is later injected into the face.
Over the years, more cases came to light, prompting the US CDC to reopen the investigation. More details regarding the spa’s methods have now been released in a new report.
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Tubes of blood without labels were simply stored next to the food
When the first cases became known, free tests were offered to everyone who sought treatment at the health and wellness department. © 123RF/gamjai
After HIV infections became known in 2018, the facility had to close.
State Department of Health investigators had found that procedures were used “that have the potential to spread blood-borne infections such as HIV, hepatitis B and hepatitis C to customers.”
The spa did not have the correct licenses for the treatments and the security measures were also quite poor.
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The owner pleaded guilty in 2022 and was sentenced to three and a half years in prison.
An inspection of the building found unpackaged syringes in drawers and trash cans. A rack of unmarked blood tubes was also found on a kitchen table. Another was in the refrigerator next to injectables such as lidocaine and food.
The health department’s investigators finally concluded in the report that a total of 59 of the spa customers might be infected with HIV. Around a third of them were treated with a “Vampire Facial”, the rest with other substances such as Botox. The origin of HIV infection is still unclear.
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