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At barber shop had a very minor cut by hair cutting scissor on my skin (very minor dot shape cut) during my moustache levelling but no bleeding happened and it's not a deep skin cut is there chance of HIV infection?
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0.3 percent chances. As in 3 persons in 1000 people can get. Those 0.3 percent who get, get exposure from a hollow needle withinfected blood. In your case, chances are negligible since the exposure source is unknown but the exposure types is almost negligible. So don't worry.
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Skin is intact, no bleeding point, no chance of infection
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Dr. Mrigank Shukla
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6 yrs exp
Kanpur
No chance
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Dr. Soudip Saha
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South 24 Parganas
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Dr. Dharmendra Singh
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Indore
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