i cut my self shaving had sex shaved over my cut on accident and it felt like a bad razor burn and folliculitis. started about 5 days ago i had sex with new partner about 2 weeks ago blood came back negative with pending culture. let me know what you think please
does it burn or itch or painful?
it burns no itch but that typically feels like my usual razor burn...this one is different because i had sex after cutting it then shaved over the cut and walked for about 16 hrs for my shift at work...my MD said it looks like herpes but i dont see how this considering my situation be a bad case of razor burn/chaffing/infevted hair follicles
this was day one
How has it progressed now?
its almost gone
its only painful when i wipe , no discharge or any other symptoms...my doc seemed 100% sure it was herpes though which scared me. i thought it looked like a bad case of chaffing/and razor burn
What did it exactly look like when it started? In some photos it looks like a skin infection. Did you get a swab done?
it looked like a bump with a hair going sideways (which always happens) i plucked it out with tweezers then shaved over it like a moron, next day it opened up...edges of my skin looked rolled
positive.
positive what?
HSV 1 or 2?
Wow im sorry babe. At least the good news is you had a very mild outbreak which is healing quickly. And its crazy how everyone is different bc in your case it wasnt typical sores or lesions. Just looks like a raw area
2...im very upset...ive prayed that this wasnt it...dont know what to think
hey just an update i got a second opinion and this doctor said highly unlikely that this is herpes and he is certain since my culture test was 1 year expired that this 100% could have caused a false positive! so theres hope!
i will keep you updated
did you take another test?
Was this definitely a false positive?