So-called vampire facials involve injecting plasma from a patient’s own blood into their face with microneedling, but doing the procedure unsafely can spread diseases, including HIV. (Getty Images) ...

Swedish scientists have reconstructed the face of a 400-year-old woman buried with a padlock on her foot and an iron sickle across her neck because people in her time believed she was a vampire. The ...

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (TND) — Three women likely contracted HIV while receiving "vampire facials" at an unlicensed New Mexico spa, the Centers for Disease and Control(CDC) announced Thursday. They mark ...

If there’s one thing people just don’t understand, it’s the kinds of special bonds that form between vampire women. Luckily, one movie truly gets it, and gives us a truthful (and sparkly) vampire ...

A sharp sickle was placed across her neck, ready to decapitate her should she jolt awake after death, and a padlock was put around her big toe. That’s what scientists found when they excavated the ...

(CNN) — With a sickle across her neck and a padlock on her left big toe, the corpse of a young woman found in northern Poland would have been unable to rise from her unmarked grave, according to local ...

Trendy, unproven “vampire facials” performed at an unlicensed spa in New Mexico left at least three women with HIV infections. This marks the first time that cosmetic procedures have been associated ...

At least three women were diagnosed with HIV after receiving a bloody “vampire facial” at a New Mexico wellness spa, an alarming Center for Disease Control (CDC) report reveals. According to the ...

The women underwent the cosmetic procedure at an unlicensed spa in New Mexico. By Roni Caryn Rabin At least three women were infected with H.I.V. during cosmetic “vampire facial” procedures at an ...

The skeleton of a female “vampire” was uncovered by scientists in Poland in late August, the research team announced this week. The remains are suspected to be from the 17th century, belonging to a ...