Thread: Any of you used shave stuff buyers worry..

...about disease? As a health professional I would. Diseases like hepatitis B can live for 7 days on a counter top let alone used razors, brushes (these could house bacteria for much longer), mugs, or strops with blood remnants or bacteria on them. I'm betting the overwhelming majority of used shave items are not truly sterilized. Not trying to be an alarmist and I can't prove anyone has ever contracted a disease from used shaving items. However, all the ingredients are potentially there, especially blood remnants. I would love to browse through flea markets for used shaving stuff but I have to admit I'm hesitant to do so.
The only reason I bring this up is to give all forum participants here a heads up and to say "be careful out there". The most likely dangerous disease you could come in contact with is hepatitis B which, for some people, is not too big of a deal but for others...well, lets just say many of them are not with us anymore. And if you would happen to nick or cut yourself with a razor that someone else shaved with just a few days ago bacteria or pathogens of any kind could easily be transmitted to you.
Perhaps Dr. Moss or another knowledgeable forum participant could comment more expertly on this and maybe offer some suggestions on how shaving accessories could be sterilized or at least disinfected. I know many Ebay items are advertised as "sterilized" when in actuality they are disinfected and there's a huge difference between the two. And I'd bet that many items are neither sterilized nor disinfected regardless of the way they're advertised. Maybe I'm being a bit of a "Chicken Little" about this and I'm not trying to "rain on anyone's parade". But it does give me reason for concern. Comments?

Tom