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Oral Herpes Incubation more than 14 days?

This morning as I woke up, I discovered that I got a medium sized red bump on my upper lip, just at the right hand side of that V shape area.
I am concerned about oral herpes, and I can only recall kissing someone like 2 weeks ago.
So my question is that assuming I don't have herpes before, will primary symptoms show up 15 days after infection?
I saw some answers are that the incubation may be as long as 3 weeks, but I also read Dr. HHH's answer that in his clinic, all of his newly infected patients show symptoms within 10 days. So practically, do symptoms appear late?
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It would be rare to show up at 15 days. All you can do is see what happens with the bump.
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Today the red bump gets lighter in color, still a bump, but not so red.

I went to see a dermatologist, and he examined my lips for like 2 seconds, and he said it's typical oral herpes, and gave me acyclovir.

As he is a doctor, I think he should be correct. But I just think my situation is far from being typical. There's no blisters, no sore/lesions. Just that light red bump that doesn't seem it will turn into blister.

I just want to ask if I did get infected from that kissing 17 days ago, is this red bump considered mild symptoms? I also feel some tingling and burning sensation sometimes.

I also got some really tiny bump just above my upper lip line that can only be seen when really close to the mirror, and I actually think of folliculitis, as these tiny bumps don't seem to be blister and they are there for more than 10 days ever since I start to closely examine my lips everyday. Are they also mild symptoms of oral herpes?

I'm so confused, as I'm afraid I might get a nasty outbreak later.
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