Dear Osaid,
Shaving could transmit HBV and HCV especialy when performed at barber shops where shared instruments are used. Bleeding from wounds might contaminate barber shaving instruments in which any viral contamination lead to acquiring the infection..
Dear, Osaid
Yes, if patient used shaving instruments of HBV/HCV infected, if this instruments were not sterilized.
Hi Osaid,
As a scientist dealing with HBV, I beg your pardon to give you this practical link: Please try to perform shaving yourself at home not at barber shops
Best wishes,
Ilya
Yes, if done on multiple persons within a short interval and injury to the scalp or skin is involved. May happen mostly in a commercial barber shop.
yes,sharing of blade for shaving causing injury to one of them who is infected with HBV/HCV
HBV and HCV are primarily transmitted via parenteral routes. In developed countries, injection drug use is the dominant mode of HCV transmission. For successful transmission of both viruses, there is a complex set of interactions between the virus and the host factors. Having observed the shaving practices by some barbers, it is less likely that HBV/HCV can be transmitted through shaving as the viruses can hardly survive outside the vascular compartment. However, it is prudent to treat shaving as one of the potential risk factors.
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