Woman Contracts Advanced HIV From a Nail Salon

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This news shouldn’t be our business, but for the love of female readers we just need to share it. A Brazilian woman was diagnosed with advanced HIV after using shared manicure equipment at a nail salon.

Upon diagnosis, researchers found that the 22-year-old woman, who is a manicurist, had been sharing nail tools with her HIV-positive cousin who also worked at the salon. She had not had unprotected sex or used shared needles otherwise.

The doctors who diagnosed her believe that contracting HIV through manicures is a “very rare event,” and that they don’t believe this will be a major new form of transmission, which should make every woman be concious of what you do at the saloon.

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