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Warts from massage parlor and beauty salons

Warts from massage parlor and beauty salons

I have been stressing myself regarding about warts recently and wanted to know if anyone knowledgable out there would know if someone can be infected with common warts from a trip to a massage parlor or beauty salon. Since all the articles I have read it says that HPV is extremely contagious, if this is the case then the hands of the massage therapist or esthetician would probably be covered with warts by the body massages and facials given to the clients.

I dont get the logic here since I have never heard of a case or complaint of catching warts from a massage parlor or beauty salon on the internet, and if warts were extremely contagious like its written in the articles it will probaly mean nearly all of the therapist or estheticians would be wearing latex gloves to protect themselves and their clients but this never happens.

The only reason I can think of is washing hands inbetween servicing a client, so does this mean that washing hands are extremely effective in killing the viruses so that to date it has never caused an infection to a client and prevent the use of latex gloves?Any reliable data regarding this on the internet?
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that would be high ly unlikely unless your having sex with the massagist. thats basically indicating we all need to walk around in suits and wear doctor gloves to shake hands. =)

No worries, just wear a condom
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Thank you for the reply, I am not speaking of the sexual aspect. What I am saying is that since the hands of the estheticians and the massage therapist are in constant touch with hundreds of clients yet we dont see them complaining of being infected with warts. So I dont understand since the articles mention they are highly contagious. Is there a practice which prevents these workers to obtain the warts. I am referring to COMMON WARTS, PLANTAR WARTS and FLAT WARTS. Thanks
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I know what you are talking about, still slim to non... take a look at this site below, you will see that it indicates that type of warts is not highly contagious
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sorry forgot to add the link:

http://www.mayoclinic.com/health/plantar-warts/DS00509/DSECTION=causes
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