r/Coldsore

Can someone tell me what this is? My mom’s had it going on for a month now and it hasn’t healed. HELP

Mustache hairs were tickling my nose so I used my electric trimmer without safeguard out of frustration. Went directly on skin and woke up with this. Am I about to have an outbreak?

Used differin 3rd time on Sunday. Tuesday morning I had a feeling like a spot coming through. I don’t have herpes and confused to know if this is a cold sore or irritation/purging from differin

Hi all. Go easy on me, its my first time... 😭 I was exposed to a cold sore Saturday night both on my lips and genitals. Started feeling tingling Monday afternoon and took the 4g across 2 doses of valacyclovir. Here I am 24 hours later and it's looking like I have cold sores in two spots? I am still getting tingling but no pain or anything. Is getting more valacyclovir something people do? Do you think it helped at all? Very worried and hyper vigilant about it appearing down there. Any perspective or kind words are appreciated. Thank you all.

Age: 33

Height: 6'1

Wesight: 240

Gender: Male

Sorry if the photo is to blurry. I have had really dry lips lately and today one side of my mouth was really starting to irritate me so I looked in the mirror. Thats when I noticed this little cluster of spots. They dont hurt and there is no red around the area (minus my lips). Can anyone help me figure out what they are. Thank you in advance.

Have more photos if needed.

Was out clubbing the other day, kissed a girl for a bit. Mistake I never do. Anyways idk if paranoid but saw this near my lip . I would say it happened 48 hours ago, no burning or tingling

my first symptom was thinking my lips were dry, like burning dry so i put on a heavy lip mask and called it a night. the next day the same and these little bumps popped up. i was unable to get to the store since it was late. this morning they spread across my bottom lip.

i’m thinking they’re cold sores but there hasn’t been any weeping or crusting (yet i’m guessing). if anyone has any ideas on treatment, what works what doesn’t it would be appreciated. tyyy

**also since some of you are so concerned about my oral hygiene, i’ll break down my daily routine for you as follows:

- oil pulling 5mins twice/daily

- water floss whole mouth twice/daily

- floss w/expanding floss dipped in hydrogen peroxide for STAINING using a c curve method twice/daily

- interdental brush dipped in toothpaste

- 2 mins brushing w/electric toothbrush

- tongue scrape

- smart mouth whitening mouthwash for 30 seconds

- whitening strips monthly cut in half to avoid enamel sensitivity

i also get dental cleanings every 6 months and my dentist and the hygienists say my teeth and gums look perfect 💅🏽

I’m FREAKING out. My ex husband used to get cold sores all the time, and while we were careful it’s very possible I may have been exposed many years ago, however I have not been with him for over 5 years.

Today I had this weird like itching and mild selling on my lip line, and thinking it might be a deep pimple, I squeezed at it for a bit. Bad idea, the whole thing got crazy swollen for like an hour and I don’t think it was actually a pimple. The swelling has gone down a bit since this photo and I got my hands on some abreva, but I’m absolutely freaking out.

Does this look like a cold sore? And is it really possible to have an outbreak YEARS later?

If yes… please tell me I’m going to be okay because I want to die right now reading about how terrible the first outbreak can be 😭😭😭

23f, no medication other than birth control, I sometimes vape but I never share with people I don't know (boyfriend, best friend). I have never had this appear before. there is another similar bump on the opposite side of my lower lip in the same spot. these are inside my lip, not on the outside at all. I do bite the inside of my mouth a lot and have done that my whole life, I've never seen this as a result before. there is no pain or itching. went to sleep fine, woke up to this. I'm really worried because if this is an sti... I haven't kissed anyone other than my boyfriend, and I do NOT share things that go in others mouths.

So every single week for the past month almost two I’ve been getting what feels like and looks like the start of a cold sore. But it never leaks and turns into a big scab, it just forms these little blisters that are so small it’s hard to even tell if they look fluid filled, it itches and tingles, dries, and heals after a week then immediately the day after switches to the opposite side of my top lip. I’ve been treating it like a cold sore but also I recently got a rash on my neck and face which I’m going to get looked at Tuesday but I’m questioning if maybe this isn’t a cold sore?? I don’t know I’m tired of not kissing my boyfriend for this long bc I’m so paranoid it’s a sore

Day by day pictures of the worst coldsore outbreak I've ever had. Currently on day 7

I am freaking tf out. I kissed a girl last light and she has absolutely nothing on her lips I even talked to her about it and she said she absolutely doesn’t have anything.It’s a small white bump it’s white. I looked it up it said it’s a pimple. Still absolutely No burning nothing at all. I’m just freaking tf out.
Edit: she’s not a stranger and we kissed a lot in the past.

Does this look like herpes?