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I used a pair of tweezers to dig a hair out that i forgot to clean and had my old blood on it. am i at risk of infection/illness by my own old blood coming into contact with new blood/ingrown hair? worried because i'm pregnant as well.
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No risk, no worry: You can't get any infection or any other health problem from exposure to your own blood, no matter how old. Don't worry about it.
Answered 8/16/2020
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