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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 thanks" to the razor.

Genuine 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?

>> 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.

Woah, I never thought about this possibility.

Even 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.

Don't they usually have disposable blades? The barbers in Melb I go to do.

Barbicide kills HIV and hepatitis.

I 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.

Same 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.

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