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Girl Contracts HIV from Salon Hair-Weave

FLORIDA – A salon is under investigation after a teenager contracted HIV after getting a hair weave at a the salon. According to report, the teenager contracted the virus after receiving a popular sewn-in hair style. The procedure of the hair style calls for braiding of the natural hair, then attaching human hair or synthetic hair that is wefted, usually referred to as “tracks”, to the braid using a sewing method including a needle and thread. According to the teenager, while receiving the sew in weave, her scalp was punctured several times with the needle, causing bleeding in the scalp which later became scab wounds.