Kim Kardashian Has Filed A Lawsuit Over That Vampire Facial

In 2013, we were all shocked when Kim Kardashia{ =nofollow}n posted a selfie with blood all over her face. There was no need to be alarmed, this wasn’t an attack - rather, she had just had a vampire facial during an episode of Kourtney & Kim Take Miami. Yep. Wondering what on earth that is? That’s when blood is taken from a patient, the plasma is taken out (which contains platelets and growth factors), and then re-injected into the face, supposedly to rejuvenate skin.

Anyway, even Kim K regrets ever getting the contentious treatment done. In a blog post last year, she said she’d never do the treatment again, calling it ‘rough’ and ‘painful’, also adding that she couldn’t use numbing cream or a pain killer as she had just discovered she was pregnant.

However, Kim is now suing - as she is claiming Dr Runels has continued to use her name and likeness to promote the procedure.

The complaint, filed by Kardashian West's attorneys, reads: ‘While 'the Kardashians'—or, more accurately, Ms. Kardashian and her sister Kourtney—did 'get' a Vampire Facial, it was seven years ago. And they had certainly never licensed their name in connection with the procedure.’ The lawsuit even says that she asked him to stop, to which he asked her to pay him to stop using her face.

‘The name Vampire Facial, that is my intellectual property,’ Dr. Runels also toldE News{ =nofollow}, saying that he owns the name and Kim used it on the show without his permission. He added, ‘I feel like this is someone shaking down some little doctor for something that is public knowledge.’

Last September, it was reported by the New Mexico Department of Health (NMDOH) that "vampire facials" at VIP Spa in Albuquerque may have exposed patients to HIV and hepatitis B and C.

Grazia Daily has contacted Dr Runels and representatives of Kim Kardashian for comment.

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