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Can you get herpes if you use the same shaver as someone who has it but they didn't have an outbreak at the time? in vaginal area .
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Yes, but less likely: A person is most likely to spread it when they have an active lesion, however, an infected person will still shed the virus periodically even if they have no active lesions
Answered 12/11/2015
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Possible: people can shed herpes virus even when they do not have an outbreak.
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