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Can i get infected with hiv while at a hair salon when barber uses haircut machine on minimum level with the blades shave skin. no flowing blood?
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No: At least not to the best of our knowledge about the virus.
Answered 4/9/2013
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Wimpy Virus: It is important to remember that viruses like hepc, HIV and others are strings of proteins that are connected by very weak bonds. They require many things to stay active and need living cells to reproduce and survive. Unless there was gross blood, mucous or some other organic substance from on that machine and it got into you, the odds are very unlikely.
Answered 6/10/2014
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