CDC: Three women likely infected with HIV while getting 'vampire facial' at unlicensed spa
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 10 พ.ค. 2024
- The CDC is detailing what it says is the first known cases of HIV transmitted by "vampire facial" injections. In a joint investigation with the CDC and New Mexico's health officials, investigators say they found a rack of unlabeled tubes of blood on a kitchen counter and unwrapped needles in the trash can.
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Dear God! Two years only? This person gave a life sentence to 3 confirmed people. It should be sentenced to life without parole 😡
I think its judged as a case of medical negligance not amounting to death. Plus the contamination is not premeditated or intended.
Well, we don’t know that it was this person who actually cross contaminated. They are the owner, and to that end, responsible to a very certain degree. However it may have been a lazy or apathetic employee.
@@daviddas5107contaminated should be treated as premeditated and intended…my bet is on reusing needles!
okay well first lets not continue stigmatizing HIV, you can be medicated to where you cant transmit it or to where its detectable
Today people who are HIV+ can reduce their viral load to zero with medication and live as long a life as anyone else. We should be concerned for the people who may have been infected and not know it. Undiagnosed HIV is what leads to the development of AIDS as well as the transmission of the virus, which does not occur when viral load is zero. Everyone should be tested.
Imagine all the other people who may have been infected there and do not know, and they are passing HIV along to others.
Exactly 💯😖
Holy sheet
Fortunately, HIV is nowhere near as contagious as say covid. Still scary.
Well, this is exactly why the virus was invented in the first place. To wipe out the population of Africa. Oh, look how that plan backfired 😂
Exactly
I'm an elderly woman in my 70's and I love every dang wrinkle that I have. I've earned them.
Good for you -- These women have still been victimized -- and at 70 I would think you have the compassion to get that...
@@DevonellahI feel no pity for them
@@Devonellahclassic social justice warrior BS. She never said anything against the women in story. She’s overcome society’s prejudice against older women and is proud to be authentic. You should think twice before attacking while trying to look righteous and empathetic.
@@Devonellah You have no idea whether these clients were "bio" women. My suspicion is that they weren't, as there's a specific demographic that has the most HIV cases annually.
Right on ma'am! 🙏🏾
2 years in prison? At this point, the system no longer exists.
And in some places and some states they get 20 years for crimes that have no victims.
But let a kid in the hood steal a candy bar. 🤷🏾♀️🤦🏾♀️
@@ChrissyBeTalkingnonsense wakandian kids are killing at 12 and 13 and are treated like victims
Only if u get an abortion…
All glory to Dr Abiola on TH-cam for curing me from Hiv with his herbal medication #drabiolahome
SHUT THE SPA DOWN
Older is not uglier.
Only if you're a man 😂
Older is useless!!
No one wants to get old but everyone wants to live forever...
But older is not "useless". When you get older you understand more things on a deeper level and you're also not so afraid of death. Especially if you have suffered alot in life like me. I wish I could just d1e now but I'm only 40..
@@elishh8173 40 is not old. You’re merely halfway through!
@@mrvn000 You are worthless.
Appreciate your natural faces.....
Exactly ‼️ and your natural Hair ‼️ and your natural Buttocks!!
and your natural CHEST ‼️
and your natural skin color ‼️
and the Gender, you were born ‼️
and your natural Teeth ‼️
This is not about natural or unnatural. This is about hygiene and infection control. This can happen with non-cosmetic procedures if the staff is simply not following standard infection control protocols. A Massachusetts hospital in just November of 2023 literally exposed 450 patients to HIV and hepatitis C through iv medication administration during standard endoscopy procedures. This is about hygiene, not vanity.
It's a type of face treatment goofy
Yaaaaas!!!! We can take care with natural stuff.
My goodness I agree this is so sad & scary!!!
I witness lab technicians not washing their hands, not changing gloves and also droplets of blood on the surfaces in licensed labs and medical centers all the time. Everytime I ask those technicians to follow their hygiene protocol I get these hate looks and some even talk back at me.
Thank you for speaking up. Please don’t stop reminding them even though they should know better.
Start applying somewhere else.
Gather evidence and report them. First to HR. Then escalate upwards to your local med tech society then to national med tech society and even all the way to OSHA (Occupational Safety and Health Administration) if needed.
Yes they have the nerve to get offended because you want to protect your own personal health.. How long does it take to change a glove and make sure a surface is clean.. Br careful at nail salons don’t let them use dirty utensils on you demand that they do their job properly it’s your life. 😮
Next time, pull out your phone and yell, "my first name is Maria, but my middle name is Karen, beeitch" and go live
I’m in the beauty industry, an esthetician for over 20 years. Ask to see for a providers license and insurance before seeing them the first time. I would not be offended in ANY way if someone wanted to see my credentials. Anything related to body fluids, do your research first, please. Always make sure the provider will do a consultation prior as well. It’s also completely acceptable to ask about their sanitation procedures. Don’t ever feel like you have to go through with a procedure or treatment if you get a bad vibe. Listen to your intuition
Thank you🎯💯☝🏽
Meaning you must trust the license is real...these crooked people make fake paperwork.
All glory to Dr Abiola on TH-cam for curing me from Hiv with his herbal medication #drabiolahome
As an esthetician do you believe this facility was using the client's own serum? I find it hard to believe that if you're using the Client's blood, that HIV transmission would happen that many times from accidentally using the wrong needle. I think this facility was using other people's blood on their clients' faces and that's why they have the number of transmitted cases they do. I think this is far more than negligence but gross malpractice.
So true!!
2 years in prison for ruining peoples lives.. thats a life sentence.. that person deserves life in prison.
You can delete your mom and get a few years and become a celebrity.
Sorry don't believe Americans care about anything anymore
Only sentenced to 2 years in prison that's crazy that person infected people with a nasty disgusting lifelong virus! That person should get nothing less than 20 years and have to live the rest of their life on a monitor
In California it is only a misdemeanor to infect somebody with HIV AIDS on purpose.
I agree, but this younger generation no longer respects this disease, seeing it as just an inconvenience in which you just have to take a lot of meds rather than a death sentence.
@@AtomicGirlNYC-fu9xyit’s no longer “a lot of meds”. For many people, it’s one pill… the reason why is they’re trying to decrease the stigmatization of people living with HIV since the usual thinking is if you have HIV, you’re (xxx) such as gross, bad, a w0re, druggie, etc etc. I think the younger gen just don’t encounter HIV infections among their friends/family and in the news much anymore so they aren’t really aware much
@@AtomicGirlNYC-fu9xy well that's because it can be managed with modern medicine. But still, absolutely no one wants it 😂
@@AtomicGirlNYC-fu9xybecause it’s no longer a death sentence.
Red flags galore. Every epidemiologist’s nightmare.
Lol
This is exactly why I don't do this kind of stuff nor do I go to these places.I got wrinkles and I'm getting gray hairs.I'm getting old and looking old and I'm okay with that
You are naturally beautiful in your profile pic. You're better off without all those crap injections.
My daughter will point out my greys and I tell her the Bible says grey hair means wisdom..
All of us will age and it's a blessing to age,many of my friends didn't get the blessing we have I also will love my wrinkles and grey hair and be thankful for them.
Girl u look good
@LynnTanner-ls9kx 69.years young..and love my looks.my life.and I am not going to let anyone touch my God given face.
Sorry no vampire facials,botox or any cosmetics injections for me.I want to get old gracefully the natural way.ladies it's ok to get old it's apart of life.
your beautiful 😍
WHAT 🤔🤔🤔
As a finite being that shouldn't be your goal in life.
@@burnthecandleatbothendzsimp
I agree, no face lifts or injections. & beware of hair dye. Do research . The dark dyes are carcinogenic.
People are crazy, imagine going to get an invasive procedure done in an unlicensed place!😢😢😢May God have mercy on this generation.
OK Boomer...j/k. I guess that's what you're supposed to say whenever someone of any age has words of wisdom.
He won’t have mercy for NO WOMAN WITHOUT A HUSBAND
He's had mercy on me, a woman without a husband.
@@dariusmiles2129 👉🏾🤡
@@AtomicGirlNYC-fu9xyI'm called Boomer all the time, I'm 100% generation x,😂
The owner only got a two year sentence and in the meantime the client get a lifetime sentence? How does that work?
How tacky that unlicensed salon was still in business after two middle women were tested positive for hiv??🤬
They didn't know the origin of the women's HIV. They still don't, they're just speculating.
All glory to Dr Abiola on TH-cam for curing me from Hiv with his herbal medication #drabiolahome
So True!! 👍
What makes it so sad is they could have gotten on the HIV prophylactic meds within 72 hours, if they had known they were exposed. That facility should call ALL of their clients ASAP and let them get on HIV prophylaxis, the way nurses do after needle-stick injuries. It's worth the illness and side effects if they're able to avoid getting HIV.
Democrat controlled area. If they punish criminals too badly, criminals will leave. If criminals leave it stops things from ending in catastrophe. No catastrophes=no cushy high paying jobs to "solve" the problems getting doled out to their families and cronies. A city without crime is a city that doesn't need Democrat "programs" and that simply won't be allowed.
My neighbor died of butlift injections she received in a garage bent over a stack of tires six days later she went septic and died cause she didn't want to go to the hospital.
Oh that's so sad
This is one of the saddest things I ever heard in my life.
@samia6888 the thing that gets me mad is that this procedure should never have been available to her without a proper surgeon. I miss her cause she was a fun trainwreck. The person that cave her the shots is ever going to get caught.
@@carlosenriquez2092 yes that is the saddest part because I know she didn't expect this to happen. I have a friend who also lost her cousin to butt implants. Her cousin went to Mexico to get it done for cheap but paid with her life. You never think you will be the one to die from things like this and the pressure to have a big butt is very high. I am truly sorry for your loss. I hope one day they will get caught for what they did to her.
You can’t be serious.
This is very very sad
And scary 😨
Low self esteem will catch you every time..,
A hard head makes a soft behind.
It is not low self esteem , sometimes love is also self care like spa. Is not their fault but the spa fault. They are unhygienic and should be shut down.
A hit dog will holler..
This is just horrible.
Many Venezuelan people that have migrated to Colombia & say they were dentists or surgeons in their country have tents ⛺️ on alleyways & ppl actually go there to get worked on. It’s insane
I mean, there's a lot of Colombian scammers, drug dealers, prostitutes and so on, I would never trust a Colombian for anything.
What city?
Smh 🙅🏾♀️🤦🏽♀️
People who would have this done, have serious problems that won't be fixed with a facial.
Precisely this!
So, women.
Same can be said to those offering it as well.
@suqmadiq68 you think no men get this kind of cosmetic work done? How naive.
@@kelleygreengrassMany men I know don’t but some do, however, the majority is still women.
The lives of these women will be forever changed for the worse. How unfortunate.
At least the life expectancy of HIV people is the same as the average person as long as they take their medication
@tatum635 Yes, but the effect is permanent. That also goes for the medication and blood work to keep everything in check. Their current or future partners would also need PREP for any intimacy lest the risk of infection.
@@call2872 overall true but once you’re undetectable you can’t spread it sexually anymore and even have negative children. It is true that they should still tell future partners though
@@tatum635the medicine has a lot of side effects 😭
@@call2872 actually if they are taking their medication then they can’t transmit it sexually and they can even have children. Yeah it’s permanent but not a death sentence and dealt with like any other chronic illness. Some Dr would choose HIV over diabetes !
This should not be done at a spa by lay people. This should be done at a dermatologist or hospital.
This is absolutely horrible
Only TWO years? That should have been a negligent homicide charge!
You get what you pay for when going to any unlicensed location. Especially when youre messing around with your body and helath.
it happens even in"licensed" placeses to like the doctor who recently contaminated some iv bags at a big hospital 2
@@wiifii5.071This is why I don't go to doctors
@@leonakinglion3210Yep, doctors are bad. You should go see a plumber for your healthcare🤡
@@wiifii5.071 that was a hospital not a clinic and she was a nurse doing that so she could get high off of the patient's prescription. That nasty lady decided to replace the IV bags with tap water causing terrible IV infections. Way way different case.. That lady has a history of doing this and is a drug addict
exactly why are they saying vampire facial when it's only at an unlicensed locations?
This sounds like something you'd read on The Onion 10+ years ago
Fr
Insane. You can’t go to every clinic.
Especially unlicensed clinics like this one.
or Frankenstein spa in this case
BS the theory of how that works is garbage. Don't do that one at a licensed place either.
Unliscenrd … who oversees these places
@@7Little701 y not even the cities? Or health department…. That needs to change
Idk about this facial stuff but PRP actually works quite well for knee injections
@@saaah707 It also seems to work for hair loss. The theory behind it is plausible...infusing the skin/hair follicles/joints with concentrated nutrients from the blood that might not be making it there via blood vessels for one reason or the other.
This is why you don’t inject blood into yourself
I'm almost 40 and I feel great. I was so excited to find my first grey hairs lol. When I was growing and a young adult in LA and Inglewood, people were getting gunned down left and right. To have made it through and still be here, I could jump for joy. It's wild to me that people feel that aging is ugly. It's a badge of honor, in my opinion. My heart goes out to all of the people affected by these facials and the rest of the world who feels that aging is bad. 😢❤
I see a few ppl saying similar but to be fair, you and I both know 40 looks a good 55+ on some ppl. it's a hard pill
I understand the point you're trying to make & I'm so happy I'm 38 & dont look like it. But you do realize people have contracted HIV from getting their nails done(cuticles clipped), Tattoo parlors & even more scary from licensed doctors offices just getting general procedures done present day. If u don't believe me do a quick TH-cam search & you'd be surprised at how often it happens from unsafe sterilization practices.
Yup and my cousin got a few gray hairs and she says they deserve to be there!😂
@@TrinhNguyen-sh4fj That's how I feel too ! Lol I earned these things !
Well, it helps that you're drop dead gorgeous to begin with LOL
Ok, can someone explain how taking out blood, that’s already in your skin, and injecting it back in causes wrinkles to disappear? Like how does that mechanism work to reduce aging? It seems pretty pointless to me and seems like a scam.
It doesn’t. lol
They separate your plasma from the red blood cells , and only use the plasma I think .It’s theoretically supposed to accelerate the regeneration of your skin cells , your body has just been stabbed in the face a bunch of times so it goes into attempted healing mode , so it’s using natural response to injury to restore your skin, with the growth factors in the plasma to speed the healing process along. I wouldn’t do it personally.
It probably has nothing to do with regeneration at all. So the albumin in your blood is in the clear part (serum). It's a big protein that pulls water towards it (It's what helps keep your blood full of fluid). I bet you almost certainly it's the osmotic pressure of the album and pulling water into the tissue they injected into. So literally all you're doing is shifting water into that tissue which is temporarily smoothing out the wrinkles. Seems like a completely dangerous and unnecessary procedure to achieve that result.. :|
Placebo effect + feeling of healing from the needle holes in your face. So many of these procedures play on people's psyche instead of actually doing anything.
Yup, snake oil. I'm apprehensive when the vampires (phlebotomists) at the hospitals and doctor's offices take my blood let alone some rando in a building that looks like a rub n tug.
That means one of their customers had HIV and first spread it to the machine they use, is my guess. Also, their bad sterilization practices. Now the question should be, did the first customer know they had HIV and do this? Should this be a procedure limited to healthcare providers, and require a test for diseases? There needs to be more regulation for this.
Especially when handling blood, exactly.
Horrible -- There should have been REQUIREMENTS a long time ago!!!
Only two years?
Albuquerque. I'm surprised that she got sentenced at all ❤🕊
@@VondaInWonderland These days, you're right!
Omg….be safe out there.
I don’t know how to look up if someone is licensed and I’ve never looked it up before. Most Americans just assumed that a doctors office has a license.
You can look up state websites... Most businesses are registered with the state. Doctors licenses can also be checked through state professional license websites. If you can't verify someone's license, just don't go.
In my state, your license must be clearly visible for clients to see. On the wall with your photo attached
@@rebeccaleegabbard That's good, but people still need to verify it with the gov. Almost anything can be faked these days.
@@rebeccaleegabbardwhat state is that?
Related to medical procedures and those who declare they have legit medical license....NEVER ASSUME!
Absolutely ridiculous and inhumane
This happened before in Nevada, wondering why people are still doing this.
These kinds of facials aren't available just in NM. They are available in lots of other places around the US. This is really scary. Enjoy the aging process, it may very well save your life.
the images of that spa are so sketchy i would not trust just based off of how the building looked
I'd rather just go without a facial than risk getting shots from an unlicensed "spa" without knowing if they're using safe practices. Feels like transfusions should be done by a medical professional
Interesting how a lot of celebs were endorsing this the likes of Kim Kardashians
Medical procedures performs by a licensed medical professional like a nurse practitioner are safe, this was not the case here. Don’t generalize about all esthetic procedures because of unlicensed and illegal operations
This is safe and highly popular if done at a LICENSED esthetics center not someone’s dirty kitchen.
Endorsing SAFE treatment. Don’t blame a celebrity for this
Americans “we don’t need no regulations”
Also Americans:
Americans are still allowing rogue business?
Reusing those used needles because they were being cheap and reusable disposable equipment
The things people will do for beauty… now their face is the least of their worries
Please love yourself God made you beautiful in the flesh he didn't add plastic or any foreign materials to make you beautiful for a reason I pray that he shows you how beautiful you are.
The intersection of vanity, stupidity, greed and incompetence. They wanted cheap “beauty” treatments but ended up paying a much higher price.
WILD! how tragic for an unnecessary cosmetic procedure. i hate hearing stories like this but its a reminder of why i NEVER want any elective procedure.
Cheap doesn't often mean good. If the prices are too good to be true, there's always a catch behind it.. most of the time is related to cost cutting ie: sacrificing product quality and safety.
Just a two year sentence?!
They didn't deserve that. Every woman wants to feel, and look her best. Just sad.
People stop just face it your gonna get old.
now you gonna have the nosferatu hiv look
There are harsher penalties for not paying traffic tickets. This is BS.
See? See!? This is what happens when you're too obsessed with your looks.
Whatever happened to just putting facial cream? 😑
Was it worth it?!?!????????????????????????????
Didn't think so.
Vanity...is a curse.
Natural is best, just be yourself. What's natural is real. Real is attractive, fake isn't.
I just can't imagine the stupidity behind this procedure, and they got customers?
You call the devils name often enoug, he will answer you.
Got some smart women in the comments. Stay strong ladies. I gotta always convince my wife not to do stuff like this for these exact reasons. License or not human error is a mf. Just embrace your age. You women are so beautiful and you just don’t know it. Stay beautiful n strong ladies.
The owners of that spa need to be held accountable for more than just 2 years in prison. They ruined lives.
Remember life is bout CHOOSINGS
THEY CHOSE TO DO THIS TO THEMSELVES SUCH A SHAME
HIV seems easy to defeat, but humanity always finds a way.
Another reason to avoid unnecessary "cosmetic procedures."
I don’t understand why you need a license to be clean.
PRP is a valid medical treatment. It helps promote healing in certain procedures, other than skin. Unfortunately, unlicensed beauty spas are capitalizing this facial treatment after it became popular when Kim Kardashian showed a video of her receiving the treatment. The proteins in the serum are supposed to help promote collagen to help reduce wrinkles.
Im never getting one
OMG! I guess that the Red Cross is going to have to screen for cosmetic procedures for potential blood doners 🤔
This is the first time I've heard of vampire facials. I'd rather take my appearance now than doing something as risky as this! That place should be shut down! 🤢😔
To all, never go to a med spa ever. Omg, how horrible.
Just use retinol, Salicylic acid on alternative nights, and always wear a sunscreen on your face and neck. That’s all you need.
- Done this for 35 years, I am a 65 years old woman who looks 50.
I had never heard of a vampire facial before. I learn something new every day.
I was honestly expecting something even dumber than what this is, but this is still stupid enough to be completely avoidable.
A lot of women like taking these cheap shortcuts for vanity.. thats a shame.
I spent about $300 on a Hydro Facial. I’m in my mid 40s. I came out looking beautiful. I would never inject any thing hazardous into my skin.
This story should be corrected. It is not the first time this has happened. Here in LA it has happened years before.
Why would anyone get this done when vampires don’t exist? The branding alone shouts scam. 😂 That’s like me saying I will keep you alive forever if you get these zombie injections.
Aaannndddd people wonder why i don't get these weird treatments. Lol
That place should be shut down and sued. It's a health hazard
As a licensed cosmetologist and esthetician the standard of professionalism, and attention to detail, and quality control is going downhill as we descended to the future… what practice to happen? And only two years I think the women that got sick from this practice to appeal that conviction and go for a harder sentence
New fear unlocked
Play stupid games…
Right? Enjoy your plague, you hollow narcissists! 😂
Win 'gorgeous' prices.
@@ninawestlake14Not really?! "Looking like a vampire!! 🦇 😂🤣
@@ninawestlake14😂😅
Some of you lose all empathy when they get on the internet. What part of this situation is funny.
"Bro, why did u use the AIDS blood?"
People out here acting like HIV is gone. No way on the world would anyone would have done this back when People were just dropping dead from HIV/AIDS
They don't act like HIV is gone. They act like it's just getting the flu. This is the problem with finding the cure to AIDs. Ever since it stopped becoming a death sentence, people think it's okay to be reckless because in the end, they can just take some meds and "deal."
We need the government to tell people not to be stupid ... our future is so fuc*ed.
NOT JUST STUPID BUT NOT TO BE VAIN ALSO....WOMEN ARE LIKE OH I HAD A BABY I NEED A MOMMY MAKE OVER ....OR I WANT MY BUTT BIGGER OR WHATEVER THEN END UP BEING DISFIGURED OR LOSE THEIR LIFE...MAKE IT MAKE SENSE...YET THEN CONTINUE TO GET THESE PROCEDURES
@@elainecongo3827Not Me!! 👏🙏
@@elainecongo3827 the caps lock key is 3/16" from the A key... There's also a little light indicating if it's active or not.
Didn’t the same thing happen to a group of women a few years ago in New Mexico or is this the same story?
Same story
Well, there is a price to vanity isn't there?
This is what happens when you are pressured into doing something and then don't want to spend the appropriate time and money into it. People, if you're going to do anything to your body, at least research intensively and don't cheap out on it.🙄
So people desperate to try to look younger than they truly are are going to die instead of look old. Yeah, does that make sense, or should we just accept the natural aging process? I think I'll accept the natural aging process and live.
💜
Reap what you sow. Everybody trying to be something they aren't.
I think we are way past these things becoming “trendy” it’s scary when people are doing risky procedures while trying to cut corners and save money! If you can’t afford it don’t do it!
That’s why when I am sad when I think about getting near being 30 I remember my mom always telling me that getting old is a privilege.
She also says you can age gracefully without being obsessed about looking younger.
I don't sleep with vampires so I'm safe.
2 years in prison and he gave multiple people their death sentence.
What in the heck Who gets blood injections these days.Why would anyone do that.God help us People stay at home Don’t do it
Shut the place down ASAP lord knows how many other people are sick this is so wrong never ever go to No Place in New Mexico or Mexico for No medical procedure costs are definitely cheaper than US but this wouldn't have happened
YOU ARE CORRECT ABOUT MEXICO BUT THAT DOES HAPPEN HERE IN THE U.S ALOT OF WOMEN ARE RUNNING TO FLORDIA AND IF YOU CHECK THE NEWS SOME ARE COMING BACK DISFIGURED OR LOSING THEIR LIFE....THERE WAS AN ARTICLE WHERE CONGRESS WAS TRYING TO STOP THE DR'S IN FLORDIA FROM DOING SO MANY PROCESURES IN A DAY BUT CONGRESS LOST SO IN FLORDIA THEY STILL CONTINUE TO DO THESE PROCEDURE...IT'S SORTA LIKE BUYER BEWARE
New Mexico is a state in the US.
i thought i heard about this before. maybe it was the 2018 incident. but the first time i heard of the procedure i wondered why it would be marketed that way. im sure the women didnt know the spa was unlicensed. i also need people to read up on HIV. seems like a lot of people are still thinking it is what it was in the 80s and 90s and its not. i foolishly thought the stigma surrounding it was gone but i see how wrong i was. Two years is likely the sentencing for operating without the appropriate license.