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Re: Microneedling at New Mexico spa linked to HIV cases

Good lord!  This is crazy! 

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Re: Microneedling at New Mexico spa linked to HIV cases

This Spa in NM was charging $100 for a treatment! That is what I call suspiciously cheap. You think they were going to take their time to sterilize equipment? No way! They were trying to get a ton of clients in to actually make a profit. 

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Re: Microneedling at New Mexico spa linked to HIV cases

I'm so sorry for these innocent patients, only guilty of trying to save a buck.  They have to be petrified now. 

 

I would never, ever go to any of those med spas.  Probably a thousand of them here in S. Florida. 

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Re: Microneedling at New Mexico spa linked to HIV cases


@JBKO wrote:

This Spa in NM was charging $100 for a treatment! That is what I call suspiciously cheap. You think they were going to take their time to sterilize equipment? No way! They were trying to get a ton of clients in to actually make a profit. 


That would be a big red flag!

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Re: Microneedling at New Mexico spa linked to HIV cases

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Nobody, including me, is taking a needle of any kind to my face as a beauty procedure -- whethet it involves blood or not.


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Re: Microneedling at New Mexico spa linked to HIV cases

As a registered nurse I say, “Just no.” Even from a qualified practitioner there is risk of infection.
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Re: Microneedling at New Mexico spa linked to HIV cases

I learned something new today-vampire facials.

 

And now I cannot unlearn it.

 

 

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Re: Microneedling at New Mexico spa linked to HIV cases

😱 I just can’t begin to imagine... even if it were free from an authentic professional. 

 

I do feel awful for those who now have HIV, though. Talk about suffering for beauty. That’s way more than they signed up for! 

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Re: Microneedling at New Mexico spa linked to HIV cases

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They lost me with “vampire”! You can’t be too careful in any of the spas and salons....even nail salons can be a breeding ground for bacteria. You have no idea if the person injecting anything into your skin knows what they are doing. 

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I have always said that women would smear cow dung on their faces if they thought that it might make them look 20 years younger.

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