Is it possible to get hiv in a beauty salon/spa?

I recently went to get a wax in a salon. The woman used tweezers to pull some hairs from the area that wasn't clear after waxing and made me bleed in a few places. About 3 weeks later I felt really exhausted for 2 days, as if I was really sick but had no fever or any other signs. I know the chances are pretty small but I am worried sick now. I am always very careful with that stuff but once I start worrying I can't get myself to stop. I know I have to wait at leats 3 months to get tested but I feel like it is such a long time. Do you think its likely to get HIV in this way?Is it possible to get hiv in a beauty salon/spa?
it is deffinitely not likely to get HIV that way. the general rule is, if the blood is dry, it is no longer infectious--HIV does not tolerate exposure to air. so if those tweezers had wet blood from the previous use, and that blood was infected with HIV, and in a relatively high viral count, and that blood managed to touch your ';wounds'; from the hair being pulled out. . .i think you get the point. it is extremely unlikely for everything neccessary to have happened. yes, mild cold or flu like symptoms a few weeks after exposure does happen (when the body first starts to try and fight the virus), but it is just extremely unlikely that you were exposed this way, it probably was just a cold. go ahead and get tested in a few months though, it will make you feel much better.Is it possible to get hiv in a beauty salon/spa?
Yeah sure if she happened to dip her tweezers in a bucket of someones blood infected with HIV, then cut you open and dipped the tweezers into your cut.





You're very paranoid, HIV isn't as easy to get as that, are you a hypochondriac?
Id think its possible.. probably not real likely but possible. The disease that concerns me with beauty shops and barber shops is MRSA the staph virus that most antibiotics will not kill... This is a very serious problem...Staph or MRSA bacteria can live for weeks just sitting on a chair or a tool... and the MRSA is very deadly if not treated.





I understand your concern.. I pulled a woman out of a burning car a few years ago.. When I got her out she had tattoos all over , body pierced all over and her head shaved.. and I got her blood on me... I was concerned until I was tested.
Possible, but very unlikely. All conditions have to be perfect for HIV to live on the tip of the tweezers, touched your blood at the right time and worked it's way into your system.


That is one magic HIV virus.





HIV is a dormant virus. It does not have fevers, fatigue, or symptoms. When it turns into AIDS, one may have symptoms, bu not before that.





It takes a long while for HIV to start showing itself as AIDS.





It won't hurt for you to have an HIV blood test. You can get it in many clinics.
I understand your fear. I don't think you got HIV in this way. But, it would make you better able to protect yourself if you knew how HIV was transmitted. It's very important information because if you don't know the truth, you'll be listening to other people who could be mistaken.





Here's a website on HIV transmission from the Centers for Disease Control.





http://www.cdc.gov/hiv/resources/factshe鈥?/a>