IV Vitamin Therapy: Your Questions Answered
Healthier skin? Check. Boosting your immune system? Check. Curing that Sunday-morning hangover? Check. These are but a few of the health issues IV vitamin therapy promises to solve or improve through an infusion of various vitamins and minerals. The treatment, which has gained popularity over the past few years, has taken the once cringe-worthy experience of being stuck with a needle and turned it into a wellness regimen-must. It’s even got a long list of A-list celebrities — from Rihanna to Adele — backing it. Yet, as is the case with most wellness fads, it begs the question of legitimacy. Can this treatment really do everything from curing jet lag to improving sexual function — or are we falling victim to yet another craze that promises big health results without requiring us to put in much effort? Not to mention the question of safety. To get the lowdown on everything from what happens to your body during a session to the risks involved, we asked three medical experts to weigh...