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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 hepatitis?
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No risk: Repeat question. See previous reply. And yes, you are "just being dramatic"/ No risk.
Answered 6/3/2020
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