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Hiv on barbershop
Please help me relieve myself. Yesterday I was at the barber shop to have a haircut. I have a pimple and the barber shaving my hair and accidentally hit my pimple. But my pimple did not bleed but I feel pain whenever I touch it. The razor wasn't sterilized and it was used to the person before me. What if the person before had a cut and the razor was used also that hit my pimple? Should I be worried? Please make me understand the chances. Thank you
COMMUNITY LEADER
The only risks for HIV in adults are:
1) Having unprotected anal or vaginal sex, or
2) sharing intravenous needles with IV drug users.
Nothing else you can think of would put you at risk for HIV. There is no "what if" that you could add to this event that would make it a risk for HIV.
1) Having unprotected anal or vaginal sex, or
2) sharing intravenous needles with IV drug users.
Nothing else you can think of would put you at risk for HIV. There is no "what if" that you could add to this event that would make it a risk for HIV.
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Thank you ma'am. But why is it on the other pages they said that razor cuts would present a risk for HIV?
I don't know why other pages give out inaccurate information. I don't know anything about their HIV education or their motivation to give out bad information. You won't find HIV specialists saying that this event would present a risk for HIV.
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