‘Vampire facial’ gains popularity in North Carolina

ASHEVILLE, N.C. (WLOS) — A new medical procedure dubbed the “vampire facial” is gaining popularity after celebrities like Kim Kardashian tried it. In Asheville, the vampire facial is available at Biltmore Restorative Medicine and doctors there said more and more people are being bitten by the trend.

In folklore, vampires live forever by feeding on other people’s blood. But in reality, you can use your own blood for more youthful skin.

“We simply take someone’s own blood, we process it and then we use their own platelets and infuse it back into their skin,” Dr. George Ibrahim explained.

Doctors and staff at Biltmore Restorative Medicine said the procedure isn’t dangerous.

First, they draw blood from a person’s arm and put it into a machine called a centrifuge. The centrifuge separates the platelet-poor plasma, the platelet-rich plasma and the buffy coat.

Once it’s all separated, they put a numbing cream on your face and begin the micro-needling.

“It’s like aerating the lawn, and then we put the fertilizer on after,” physician’s assistant Shannon Michalka explained.

That helps the skin absorb those platelets.

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