Can A Drip Boost My Health?

Faye M Smith rolled up her sleeve to find out…

- Faye M Smith

Don’t worry, the needle isn’t huge,’ says Shelley, my nurse at REVIV (revivme.com), as I arrive for my hour-long appointment at London’s Regents Park Aesthetics Clinic. I’m here for an intravenous vitamin therapy – essentially a drip packed with re-energising vitamins and minerals. But I have no reason to be nervous (despite the fact that a needle is about to go into my arm), as Shelley used to be a sister in A&E, so I’m in safe hands.

‘We offer five drips, most based on a litre of saline, so you’re going to get massively hydrated,’ explains Shelley, who gives up to 10 drips a day. ‘When you take supplements orally you get about 30% absorption, but with an IV you get 100% – and it takes effect a lot quicker.’