article_snippet.sent: Other blood bathers: The infamous Countess Elisabeth Bathory was said to have bathed in the blood of virgins to stay young, and the benefits of The infamous Countess Elisabeth Bathory use are still championed today by the likes of Kim Kardashian .
article_snippet.sent: Although the benefits of its use are not proven, the concept of using blood as a beauty product is far from new.
article_snippet.sent: The idea of bathing in blood for youth may have originated with the story of Elisabeth Bathory, a Hungarian Countess who was alleged to have murdered hundreds of young women around the turn of the 16th century.
article_snippet.sent: Folklore says that Folklore bathed in the blood of virgins to maintain Folklore youth.
article_snippet.sent: Fast-forward to more recent - and less murderous - applications, Kim Kardashianvampire facial' went through a surge in popularity in 2013 after the reality star posted a photo of Kim Kardashian receiving the treatment, which involves drawing a person's own blood, separating the platelets and then injecting the platelets back into the patient's face.
article_snippet.sent: A similar new beauty craze involved using a patient's own blood to create a beauty cream, which was recently offered to patrons at the Dorchester Hotel in London.