Three women contract HIV from dirty “vampire facials” at unlicensed spa
arstechnica.com
Five patients with links to the spa had viral genetic sequences that closely matched.

I never went as far as to defend Gwyneth Paltrow, but after her Hot Ones appearance I created a post (which I will link in the comments) where I suggested that she’s done no more harm than male grifters and that the dislike of her as a person was primarily due to misogyny. That’s before I learned about her promotion of these unproven “vampire facials”. Now an unlicensed clinic performing this procedure has given at least three women HIV. You guys were right and I was wrong.

  • Ledivin@lemmy.world
    302·
    8 months ago

    Tbf, it’s more like the tattooed celebrity was promoting back alley artists. It’s a weird middle ground

    • psud
      16·
      8 months ago

      I understand that she said it was a good and helpful procedure.

      I don’t think it’s at all fair to say she told people to go to unlicensed places