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razor cut hiv risk
I was at a barber shop and the barber was a bit clumsy. He was using his hand to straighten my facial hair, but accidentally cut himself and then cut myself at that same moment. In other words, the razor cut himself and myself immediately after. The cuts were minor but did bleed so I am freaking out. Please let me know if I am at risk of HIV. I was especially concerned after reading this NIH paper that mentions it as a risk:
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2932524/#:~:text=A%20simple%20nick%20caused%20by,enough%20for%20infection%20to%20occur.&text=Due%20to%20the%20lipid%20envelope,particularly%20in%20commercial%20barber%20shops
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2932524/#:~:text=A%20simple%20nick%20caused%20by,enough%20for%20infection%20to%20occur.&text=Due%20to%20the%20lipid%20envelope,particularly%20in%20commercial%20barber%20shops
The risks for HIV have not changed since you asked in 2020: https://www.medhelp.org/posts/HIV-Prevention/is-this-a-risk-of-HIV/show/3058637
This is not an anxiety support forum, and we will not ask our members to respond to a paper from nearly 15 years ago speculating about POTENTIAL risks.
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This is not an anxiety support forum, and we will not ask our members to respond to a paper from nearly 15 years ago speculating about POTENTIAL risks.
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