Woman shares firsthand experience after trying controversial 'blood cleaning' trend: 'I still feel a bit sick all the time'

Woman shares firsthand experience after trying controversial 'blood cleaning' trend: 'I still feel a bit sick all the time'

Trendy, high-end celebrity wellness fads are often prohibitively expensive, which only adds to their mystique. Apheresis — a decades-old medical procedure — was first used in a clinical setting in 1952, but the practice philosophically stretches back to the bloodletting of Ancient Rome and Greece. Movie stars, influencers, and the generally well-to-do have begun to seek apheresis for broader wellness-related reasons, and while the procedure is p…