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Secretions rubbed wound

Hello ,

I just recently had a hair transplant and then decided to go to the strip bar few days later.  After the HT i had lots of scabs on my had which I had rubbed off as per doctors instructions and so some of them would bleed if I rubbed them again the few days following rubbing the scabs off.  Long story short at the strip bar the stripper was rubbing her clitoral area and she said it was really wet.  Twice after rubbing she took the same hand and rubbed through my hair (the transplanted area).  My concern is that if she was hiv pos and since she was wet and had secretions in her hands the first rubbing into my hair would have agravated a scab and caused a tiny wound to open and so the second rub of her hand into my hair would have transferred the secretion from hand into my wound.  The wound which has been opening up sometimes until now is the size of two pen tips put together and a tiny amount of blood appears.

Is this of concern, should i get tested?  

Thanks.
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have any idea how many layers of skin we have?  

wounds start healing almost immediately from the inside out...sealing off any "entry" into the bloodstream.

you had no risk and do not need testing.
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HIV is transmitted by:
Unprotected vaginal and/or anal sex
IV drug users
Mother to unborn/nursing child
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Any response in providing a explantion from a knowledgeable person would be greatly appreciated, I just am confused based on my understanding and Vance's response.  I promise there will be no further follow up to this posts.
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Hi Vance, thnx for you prompt response.  I was curious why you state that it does not transmit outside the body, i thought that hiv coming in contact with a wound would cause infection.  Because the scabs were not fully healed until when i went to the strip bar and even after that i had touched them they would bleed slightly on the surface, not a lot but just slightly like a smudge.  So the secrections from her hands would have gotten onto the wound when opened up by her running her fingers on my scalp.

I hope my question is a bit more clear.  Sorry if i dont understand but I just needed some re-assurance.
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You had no risk. HIV is not transmitted outside of the body.
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