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since a day spa in Albuquerque, New Mexico, was closed following a state health department investigation into the facility's unregulated practice of 'vampire facials'.traced to unsanitary procedures carried out at the spa by its unlicensed operator, demonstrating the importance of rapid contact tracing and regulation of invasive treatments.
Commonly referred to as a vampire facial when applied to the face, the process involves separating platelets from several tablespoons of blood drawn from a vein and reinjecting them using microneedling into areas of the skin such as scalp, cheeks, and brow.to support the procedure's benefits, it's claimed the concentration of platelets accelerates healing and reduces wrinkles, scar visibility, and other blemishes associated with aging.
Practitioners in the US are required to have a medical license to draw and separate the blood and re-inject the platelet-rich plasma.
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