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CDC: 'Vampire facials' at an unlicensed spa in New Mexico led to HIV infections in three women

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The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention issued a Morbidity and Mortality Report last week that documented the first instances of HIV transmissions contracted through unsterile injections used while receiving “vampire facials,” cosmetic procedures involving microneedling.

FILE - This electron microscope image made available by the U.S. National Institutes of Health shows a human T cell, in blue, under attack by HIV, in yellow, the virus that causes AIDS. Three women who were diagnosed with HIV after getting vampire facial procedures at an unlicensed New Mexico medical spa are the first believed to have contracted the virus through a cosmetic procedure using needles, according to federal health officials.

HIV transmission via unsterile injection is a known risk of beauty treatments and other services, officials say.Health officials say spa facilities that offer cosmetic injection services should practice proper infection control and maintain client records to help prevent the transmission of bloodborne pathogens such as HIV.

Evidence suggested that contamination from services at the spa resulted in the positive HIV infection tests for the other three patients.

 

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