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A member asked:
I worry a lot about getting hepatitis b & c.at saloon during shave barber cleaned my razor blade on a pot edge (pot he has for cleaning shaving cream from faces),and i got tiny cuts on neck.worried.is it so easy to be infected with hep b & c .help?
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You could get vaccinated for Hep B. No vaccine is available for Hep C, but Hep C is much less contagious and you not likely to get it from what you described.
Answered 4/14/2021
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