CDC identifies first documented cases of HIV transmitted through cosmetic needles

FILE – This electron microscope image made available by the US National Institutes of Health shows a human T cell, in blue, under attack by HIV, in yellow, the virus that causes AIDS. Three women who were diagnosed with HIV after undergoing “vampire facials” procedures at an unlicensed New Mexico medical spa are believed to be the first to contract the virus through a cosmetic needle procedure, according to federal authorities. of health. (Seth Pincus, Elizabeth Fischer, Austin Athman/National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases/NIH via AP, File)