In trendy neighborhoods of Tokyo customers are lining up for vitamin injections that promise to improve health and beauty.
These intravenous vitamin "drips" are part of the latest quick-fix, health fad catching on in Japan: the IV cafe.
Each drip pack contains saline solution and specific vitamins and
minerals to target a particular health ailment or beauty concern.
"I used to take vitamin supplements, but changed to the IV drip because
I feel the effects more quickly," a 20-something woman at the Tenteki
10 Café told CNN. She said she receives specific injections to get
better skin, burn fat and boost her energy.
http://edition.cnn.com/2009/HEALTH/09/29/vitamin.injections.cafes/