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Can you get hep b/c or hiv from an electric shaver used by a barber? my barber used an electric rotary shaver to shave below my chin and i didnt get any cuts but im worried about micro cuts and i dont think the equipment was sterilized,explainmepls?

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Dr. Daniel Ziegler answered

Specializes in Emergency Medicine

HIV transmission requires a large quantity of the virus contained in an ample sample of fresh bodily fluid that is directly injected into the blood stream or adjacent to a mucous membrane. None of those conditions exist on an electric razor even after it was just used on an HIV infected individual. A bacterial infection is your greatest risk and without a break in the skin even that is unlikely.

Answered 10/31/2022

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