3 Women Contracted HIV From Vampire Facials. Here’s What You Need to Know A beauty treatment made popular by celebrities like Kim and Kourtney Kardashian is now the focus of the CDC’s latest health investigation. 3 patients who received platelet-rich plasma (PRP) microneedling procedures, or “vampire facials” at VIP Spa in New Mexico, contracted HIV due to negligence and unsanitary facilities, according to the CDC’s Morbidity and Mortality...