barber's incident

[MAO123456]

Dear Doctor.

While I was in barber shop and before he started shaving my beard and neck, he was preparing a new razor and blade to shave me and his hand slipped and injured his thumb-finger and I have seen few blood drops, he stopped working for a minute and he washed his hand, dried using tissue, wrapped his finger with plaster and got another new razor and blade.
After that he resumed shaving my beard and neck. But what I noticed is that he still using his hand and wounded-wrapped-finger to hold my head in order he can shave safely and sometime this wounded-wrapped-finger touched shaved skin which really worried me that it could transmit HIV. His wounded-wrapped-finger was touching the water and I am worry there was a slippage of blood (through the water) on my shaved skin.
Am I at risk here and shall I go for HIV test?

I am married person, please help me.

[H. Hunter Handsfield, M.D.]

Welcome to the forum.

Nobody in the world has ever caught HIV from being shaved in a barber shop or anywhere else.  There is no reason to suspect the barber had HIV; and even if he had, this was a no risk event.  Don't worry about it.  You don't need HIV testing and can safely continue sex with your wife.

Regards--  HHH, MD

[H. Hunter Handsfield, M.D.]

It doesn't matter.  The world's busiest HIV/AIDS clinics never have any patients who did not have the traditional risks -- unprotected vaginal or anal sex, or injection drug use with shared needles.  None.  Events like you describe do not transmit HIV.  I don't care bout shaving, open wounds, or anything else.  You aren't at risk.

[MAO123456]

Thanks Doctor, but he was little bleeding and may be some of the drops (micro drops those unseen) fallen in my shaved skin, so i heard the shaved skin like an open wounds ?!!