Clearly, someone from Vitamin Daily needed to get a vitamin IV drip. I visited Yaletown’s new IV Therapy Wellness Boutique on a wet, spring afternoon with a hell of a cold. It was the kind of coughy-dribbly situation that had people politely suggesting I work from home—sneezing, hardy nose blowing, the whole shebang. Have I established yet that I am the cutest? I wasn’t sure what to expect from an IV treatment. All I knew was that Rihanna and Cara Delavingne had posted Instagrams of their be-needled forearms, and resultantly the process of hooking oneself up to a vitamin-cocktail had become a full-fledged trend. New York even boasts a mobile “hangover truck” that will pick your regretful self up the morning after and rehydrate you via the tube. Frankly, it struck me as civilized. I had a look at the menu of services that IV Therapy offers: from the expected hangover cure to a drip to support weight loss and another to kick start your sex drive (mazel tov on having the guts to request that one).
According to staff, the most popular treatment so far is the so-called Burnout, which alleviates symptoms of being worn down from stress; however, between hacking coughs and vigorous nose wipes, I felt deeply compelled to order the Cold Buster (go figure). Pretty soon I was nestled in bed within a cosy, curtained cabana, hooked up to an IV bag of what looked like rosé but, I was told, was actually a potent blend of Vitamin C, zinc and selenium. Now, I don’t mind needles and generally identify as a “big girl,” but there was a distinct soreness that resulted from all that fluid sluicing into my veins. Even so, I can’t complain about the experience of napping comfortably while attached to a fortifying solution for 45 minutes. Clients can also opt out of bed and into a massage chair for their drip experience, or choose to watch a film through headphones. I wish I could say my cold magically disappeared after my vitamin boost. Rather, the drip's effects were more akin to downing a big juice and a bowl of homemade soup, i.e., like I was doin’ my body good and looking after myself, even if I kept sniffling.
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