i know that sounds wierd, please read--cut from shaving or herpes - Herpes Message Board

fez1977 · 08-16-2003, 04:34 PM

hi everyone
i am having a little freak out here and i would like some one to try to calm and or validate my fears.
today i found a bump on my left labia on one side and "something else" on the other. the one on the left, i have decided is an ingrown hair. it is something that i am accustomed to seeing so i know what they are. this led me to sort of check myself out cause i had recently began sleeping w/ some one.
on my other labia, sort of on the inside, i found a small, flat, pain free whitish spot. no puss, absolutely no pain (until i started messing w/ it. but now it's just irritated, not painful), just a white circle-ish spot.
now, the other day i was in a hurry and did a quick shave and i got a little heavy handed with the razor. i noticed a feeling of razor burn, but i don't remember slicing into myself. could it be that i've nicked myself and didn't notice and that is what i am seeing? a healing cut? i've never cut myself there and so....yeah, what do you guys think?

TheOneInFour · 08-16-2003, 04:55 PM

It's really hard to tell "from here." Could be something quite harmless that will heal. If it doesn't get better in a couple of days or if it gets worse, see a doctor.

It might be a good time for you and your new partner to get type-specific blood tests for HSV. If nothing else, you'll both have a baseline for what you have and what you don't. Most of us have HSV-1 orally (cold sores) so be sure if either of you feels a tingling around the mouth or has a cold sore, don't perform oral sex on the other.

Good luck! Let us know if the problem persists.

TheOneInFour