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Barber cut me with a razor, could i get hepatitis b and c? it was a small cut, i saw that closed cuts can't be a way of infection only open cuts? maybe he did change the razor and im just being dramatic. in case he didn't could i get hepatitisorhiv
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No risk, no worry: Nobody in the world has ever been known to catch HIV from razor cuts in barber shops or salons. The barber would have to have cut an HIV infected person within 1-2 minutes before you were shaved, and even then there would be almost no risk. Don't owrry about it. Don't get tested.
Answered 6/2/2020
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