Simon Cowell and More Hollywood Stars Undergoing Bizarre Medical Fad to Reverse the Aging Process

A bizarre new medical fad is sweeping Hollywood with top stars trying to reverse the aging process by ponying up big bucks to have their blood sucked out of their bodies and “rinsed.”

The procedure, called apheresis, costs tens of thousands of dollars and is meant to rid the blood of toxins and microplastics in a bid to turn back time and rejuvenate the recipient.

Sources say the spooky concept is rooted in the long-discredited medieval process of “bloodletting” for therapeutic purposes.

In​ 1940, American scientist Dr. Edwin Cohn developed a means of separating plasma from red blood cells for the treatment of wounded World War II soldiers.

Then in 1973, Rolling Stones guitarist Keith Richards infamously had a similar procedure known as hemodialysis performed to cleanse his blood of the heroin that he’d been abusing for years.

But it wasn’t until June of this year that the process exploded into the mainstream when Pirates of the Caribbean actor Orlando Bloom, 48, posted a photo of himself to Instagram having the procedure done at Clarify Clinics in London, England.

Since then, former Dallas Cowboys quarterback Troy Aikman, Star Trek actor Paul Wesley and America’s Got Talent judge Simon Cowell have all copped to having their blood “cleaned,” sources say.

“I go to this place, this wellness clinic, where they actually take your blood, they rinse it, they filter it and then they put it back into your body,” Cowell told The Sun, who added that he believes the process has helped him “age backwards!”

But doctors consulted by the National Enquirer say the notion of cleansing one’s blood of toxins and microplastics is not only scientifically unproven but could actually do more harm than good.

“There’s a great risk of infection, complication — and even the injection of microplastics into the body,” says Dr. Gabe Mirkin. “It’s ironic that that’s the case because removing microplastics is the goal of the procedure.

“But the tubes that are used to accomplish this can degrade over time and end up actually putting more of these harmful materials into your blood.

“I wouldn’t recommend it,” adds Mirkin.