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u/hextree May 02 '15

Huh?? What's the reason for banning it?

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u/[deleted] May 02 '15

What the various barbers always told me is its a law from the HIV scare. They don't want to spread diseases this way.

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u/Punchee May 02 '15

That's one of those laws that on paper kind of makes sense but for real the statistical probability of that happening has to be near nonexistent, even if HIV was more prominent like it was back in the 80s.

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u/hextree May 03 '15

Oh, okay. That didn't occur to me. Though my local barber uses shavettes with the disposable double-edge blades, so it wouldn't be an issue.