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Hello Dr. am stressed my daughter is three years old she got an haircut in a local salon and after cutting the barber used a trimmer my question is that can a person get hiv by using trimmers at the barbershop please reply soon also for hep a and c.
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No its not so.
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There are almost no chances.
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The viruses canot sty in the dry surface like the trimmer and infect a person and need not worry. Only if there was fresh blood could ther be any ground for suspicion.
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