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Can you get hiv from making out with cuts on lips? not inside the mouth. how much blood is needed to transmit on lips? what about chapped lips?

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Dr. Ed Friedlander answered

Stop worrying: Chapped lips aren't actively bleeding. They are sealed with fibrin and platelets. You're not going to have virally-infected blood enter your system that way.

Dr Bobbitt and another doctor agreed

Answered 11/21/2015

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A member asked:

Can you get hiv from making out with cuts on lips? not inside the mouth. how much blood is needed to transmit on lips? what about chapped lips?

A doctor has provided 1 answer

Dr. Ed Friedlander answered

Dr Bobbitt and another doctor agreed

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