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Even here in Melbourne the barber offers to use a cutthroat razor to give the neck a clean shave after a haircut. He's always a little puzzled when I'm "no tha
by andrewstuart 7y ago
Even here in Melbourne the barber offers to use a cutthroat razor to give the neck a clean shave after a haircut.
He's always a little puzzled when I'm "no thanks" to the razor.
- solstice 7y agoWoah, I never thought about this possibility.
- andrewstuart 7y agoEven if you don't get HIV from the razor you could still get one of the forms of hepatitis. I've never seen a barber with an autoclave for cleaning his equipment.
- Consultant32452 7y agoBarbicide kills HIV and hepatitis.
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- SighDucks 7y agoDon't they usually have disposable blades? The barbers in Melb I go to do.
- technion 7y agoI can't speak for their situation but the standard here is that when a barber holds up something that looks like a cut throat razor, it's a "shavette", which actually takes a disposable blade.
- 9HZZRfNlpR 7y agoSame here, and I live in a poor country. First he sticks the metal tool into some liquid, to sterilize it, then opens new disposable blade in front of you and installs it to machine.
- xeromal 7y agoGenuine question, if the razor is soaked in barbosol(?) between uses, is it not thoroughly disinfected. Aren't most medical tools metal? If a barber used an autoclave, would it be acceptable then?
- andrewstuart 7y ago>> If a barber used an autoclave, would it be acceptable then If I trusted that the autoclave was properly used, of course. Same as the dentist.
- aaron695 7y agoI always get a cut throat when in the 3rd world. So far they have always put on a new razor without asking. 10 cents for a blade. I'm sure in Melbourne they can afford it. At their wages reusing duller blades would cost them more in lost time. There's also no evidence anyone has gotten HIV from a razor or it's really possible.