3 women likely contracted HIV through 'vampire facials' at unlicensed New Mexico spa: CDC

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Three women likely contracted HIV through 'vampire facials' at an unlicensed New Mexico spa, the Centers for Disease and Control (CDC) announced Thursday.

3 women likely contracted HIV through 'vampire facials' at unlicensed New Mexico spa: CDC Three women likely contracted HIV while receiving "vampire facials" at an unlicensed New Mexico spa, theThey mark the first-known HIV cases that were potentially transmitted through cosmetic injections.

The woman, the CDC said, did not use injection drugs, have recent blood transfusions, or sexual contact with anyone other than her current partner, who received a negative HIV test result after her diagnosis -- but she said she got a vampire facial. Two of the patients, according to the CDC, said their infections were likely due to exposures before they underwent cosmetic injection services.

 

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