Recently diagnosed with herpes. They gave me the anti viral. Cleared up pretty quickly. The skin was still red and didnt feel as normal so i took another 5days anti viral course.
Its now over a month and the skins slightly discoloured only slightly and i can feel the area affected at certain times. No bumps etc.
I have been masturbating and it seems more tender after this. My question is really how long does the skin take to heal properly as i am thinking about going on the anti virals full time for peace of mind
I know everyone is different but here's my own experience : I found out I had genital hsv1 in early July and I am just now starting to feel normal down there . My outbreak lasted Maybe 2 weeks but even after it completely went away I still felt tingly and itchy constantly up until about a week or so ago ! . Give it time and hopefully in another month or two you'll feel more "normal" too