A member asked:

Is my hairdresser at any risk while i have shingles on my scalp?

2 doctors weighed in across 2 answers
Dr. Robert Killian answered

Specializes in General Practice

Shingles: Only if she has not ever been exposed to or vaccinated for chicken pox.

Answered 7/22/2013

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Dr. Heidi Fowler answered

Specializes in Psychiatry

Potentially: Coming in contact with a Shingles rash/blister can infect someone who doesn’t have immunity to chickenpox. That person could develop chicken pox (not shingles).

Answered 10/27/2018

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