We all do weird and wonderful things in the name of looking good.
(Snail serum, anyone? How about a good old fashioned “sperm facial”? No..?)
Former Bachelor and I’m A Celebrity…Get Me Out Of Here contestant Keira Maguire has shown off the latest ‘must-have’ beauty treatment, and it involves “harvesting blood from your own body”.
Yum.
Lucky for us, 30-year-old Keira documented the whole process for us on her Instagram stories, starting with an image of her ‘harvested’ and centrifuged bodily fluid.
Then, the "concentrated platelets", taken from Keira's own blood, then gets applied to her face and "rubbed in".
According to The MediSpa Clinic, run by Sydney plastic surgeon Dr Michael Zacharia where Keira went for the treatment, the Factor4 treatment enhances "fresh-faced, natural beauty", and can be used to treat wrinkles, dull skin, dark under-eye circles and even stretch marks.
The MediSpa Clinic website says that while the treatment itself only takes around one and a half hours, patients need to have blood taken (around 30-40ml) a day before, so the different components can separate and be filtered.
The bizarre beauty treatment is also known as the 'vampire facial', because well, it involves a lot of blood, and Keira isn't the only reality star whose shared her experience with her fans.
Kim Kardashian made headlines when she underwent the same procedure back in 2013.
Despite looking painful, Keira joked with her followers that the treatment was far less painful than her memorable 'chilli challenge' on I'm A Celeb earlier this year.
Top Comments
I'm a pathologist and have been getting asked about this almost daily at the moment. It is absolutely, utterly, the most ridiculous nonsense I have ever heard. There is literally no scientific evidence behind it at all. Plasma is a coagulant for one, it does not "flow" blocked capillaries as they claim. They appear to live in this fantasy land where they believe IGF-1 (Growth Hormone) that repairs tissues magically smoothens out the skin. However serum IGF-1 doesn't even work without the presence of hemoglobin and oxygenated blood cells (everything the centrifuge has just spun OUT of the blood) leaving what's left nothing but hypoxive plasma and platelets. Rub it on your face and post it on Instagram all you like - it is not doing a damned thing. When you cut yourself, watch the plasma start clotting the wound. If this were magically some self healing technique, wounds would heal even better than before they were done.
Fat ass Kim K did it though, so now everyone wants to. Lord, get some brains and some self identity.
What a muppet. Honestly. If you want good skin, then look no further than diet.