The thought of using one's own blood to conduct a Vampire Facial may seem a bit too creepy.

But the trend that started with Kim Kardashian is not dying out. In fact, women are now using platelet rich plasma therapy to combat acne scarring, a plight that affects 50% of adult women. We tapped our resident expert, Dr. Alex Martin to kind out why Kim K is into these techniques:

Dr. Martin, qhat exactly is CO2 Laser Therapy?

This procedure invloves highly concentrated pulses of laser lights will be applied to the affected areas on your skin, or where you have acne scars. This laser therapy is great because it's very high-tech.

The impression created by the filling of these areas is one of instant improvement which we can see immediately following the injection. As the PRP tissue replicates and continues to grow within the deep recesses which have just been filled the once hollow areas appear to be full and plump again. This is what actually makes us look "young again."

In Part 2 of our talk with Dr. Martin, learn how these two beauty treatments go hand-in-hand next week!