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Friction burn or herpes ?

I recently lost my virginity with a girl from my college (I'm an 18 year old male) I inserted it without a condom for a very short while and since then we've had sex 3 times (I used protection all of these times). The 2nd time we did it I was trying to go as deep as possible and as such my abdomen was scraping against her stubble after this time I had the kind of red spots you get after shaving on my abdomen(these cleared quite quickly but after this I had 2 pimple kind of things on my left upper and lower thigh and 1 on my right thigh. It's about a week and a half since and one pimply spot is still there fresh skin is growing over it. They never scabbed over or hurt really (unless like a normal spot when you press it and it kind of stings ). They never bled at all. Could this be herpes or just some leg acne triggered by puberty or friction ( I only have a small bit of armpit hair and am still growing)

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3149845 tn?1506627771
Point of contact for primary infection. But simple touching is not enough, there needs to be some rubbing and grinding skin to skin to force the virus into the nerve.
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And say if said girl did have herpes and her vagina touched my thigh would it start on my abdomen/public hair region or thighs ? Oh and thanks for your comment :)
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3149845 tn?1506627771
Hi, first of all only testing can be conclusive. But from what your describing its from the friction not herpes as dont fit the herpes profile. Having sores appear outside the genital area is a sign of recurrent outbreaks not a new infection.
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