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Alan Rockoff, M.D.
Alan Rockoff, M.D.
Dermatologist
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unusual lip zits = herpes?

Forum: The Dermatology Forum
Topic: Misc.

From ToPost
nodsain
5/15/2007
.A while back I went home with a girl I met in a bar.

After that evening I became acutely aware of any zit activity near my lips, and I am suspicious that I may have herpes.

Sometimes the zits appear directly on my lip, other times around my lips. It is almost always a single zit so it doesn't meet the "cluster" critera, but it still seems unusual to me.

here are two pictures:

1. zit on my upper lip (taken 3-4 weeks ago)
http://img525.imageshack.us/my.php?image=edsc07765jv0.jpg
after this picture, it went away over the next couple days


2. zit near my lower lip (taken today)
http://img79.imageshack.us/my.php?image=edsc07794wt2.jpg


thanks!
Forum-M.D.-AR
5/16/2007
nodsainThese look like pustules,, which are bacterial rather than viral. I doubt they are actually infected, though, and I see no connection with the girl you were with. I suggest applying bacitracin or neosporin ointment daily until the spots go away. If they persist, a doctor can perform a culture and treat as needed.

Best.

Dr. Rockoff

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