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Parlor shaved under my chin with an electric rotary shaver,equipment was not sterilized and i dont know if got cuts maybe small cuts but didnt see blood maybe there was.can you get hepatitis b/c or hiv in this manner?area was reddish for 2days?
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Duplicate question, same answer. No risk for any blood-borne infection.
Answered 11/5/2022
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Yes, it's possible. Chance of hep B & C exposure is higher than HIV which does not survive long out of the human fluids. Hep B & C survive longer on the surface and I would assume these viruses are more common than HIV in Srilanka. In my native country, Vietnam, a majority of hepatitis B cases are in males because one barber razor is used for all customers. I think I was exposed to hep B that way.
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