A skin care treatment being promoted by a British model-turned-fashion blogger is rubbing some experts the wrong way.
Her secret: A daily dose of semen smeared on her face.
Tracy Kiss, a former glamor model with two kids, was looking for ways to ease her rosacea, a condition that causes the face to redden, often producing pus-filled bumps, according to the Mayo Clinic.
Kiss may love sperm facials, but dermatologists are strongly against her bodily fluid beauty regimen.
Kiss came about the method after a beautician suggested an acid facial for her rosacea.
The 28-year-old decided to try more natural skincare methods instead.
"Semen builds babies, they come out very soft and have beautiful skin, and it leaves my skin nice and soft, so I'm very happy to use this as a facial," she said, according to the Mirror.
"It feels like a face pack that pulls the skin inwards, it feels so glossy to wipe it off. It's like having a kind of oil on the face or a wax where it just glides beautifully against the water. It's so cooling and soothing."
Kiss isn't the first person to sing the praises of sperm facials.
In 2013, when TMZ asked actress Heather Locklear for anti-aging secrets, she replied,
"You just put semen on your face."
Former Cosmopolitan magazine editor, Helen Gurley Brown, also swore by the "semen facial" in her memoir, "I'm Wild Again."
"Spread semen over your face," she advised. “[It’s] probably full of protein as sperm can eventually become babies.â€
Dr. Lynne Haven, a dermatologist in Greenwich, Connecticut, hopes the semen facial doesn't catch on with others.
"I've never seen any evidence of benefits, and there are several areas of concern," she told The Huffington Post. "Sexually transmitted diseases, like herpes, HIV and others could be transmitted, and there are many other better treatments for rosacea."
San Diego-based dermatologist Dr. Fred Shahan is also dubious of sperm facials.
"Semen does have protein, but rosacea is related to hair follicles," he told HuffPost. "I don't see any basis for this working."
WATCH: Tracy Kiss demonstrates her semen facial:
