“New Mexico health officials say two people who received facial injections from the same spa are infected with HIV. The non-surgical procedure involves injecting the client’s own blood into their face using micro needles.
“The New Mexico Department of Health said in a news release Monday that two clients of VIP Spa in Albuquerque who received “vampire facials” last year were recently diagnosed with the same HIV strain.
“Officials said the two people patronized the spa between May and September of 2018.
“”Additional laboratory testing on specimens from the two clients indicates recent infection with the same HIV virus — increasing the likelihood that the two HIV infections may have resulted from a procedure at the VIP spa,” the agency said in a statement.”
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