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A member asked:
Hi doc, can you please explain me how cuts from an electric rotary shaver at a barber wouldnt cause hepatitis b/c?shaved under my chin but it got red after applying bayrum and i might have got cuts but no visible blood! worried about this for weeks?
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Not enough virus can get into the body from such an event.
Answered 11/12/2022
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HEP -B is a blood borne virus. If no blood on shaver and no cuts on and around chin, than no transmission of virus is possible.
Answered 11/8/2022
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