Three women contract HIV from facial procedure
ALBUQUERQUE, NM – Federal authorities reported on Thursday that three women contracted H.I.V. after undergoing a cosmetic procedure known as a “vampire facial” at an unlicensed spa in Albuquerque, New Mexico. This marks the first recorded instance of H.I.V. transmission through cosmetic injection services. The trio was part of a group of five individuals who were found to have closely related H.I.V. strains. Four of these individuals had received a treatment known as platelet-rich plasma …