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Had my eyebrows tweezed in a beauty salon,shed some blood.not sure if the lady sanitized the shared tweezers. am i at risk of hep c or other diseases?
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Very unlikely: that the virus would survive on a pair of tweezers however that does not make it a good practice to use instruments from client to client without cleaning them properly! Hope this is helpsful! Dr Z
Answered 9/8/2020
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