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My husband had said he woke up and had a white head and popped it and he then continued to pick at it... is this now a cold sore or just a scab?

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It's not a cold sore. It's oral herpes.

Canker/Cold sores – Canker sores,aphthous stomatitis, also known as cold sores, are painful ulcerations that typically occur inside your mouth, inside your cheek, or sometimes even on your tongue.   They are due to an autoimmune problem – typically a reaction to chocolate, citrus, or wheat.  It’s important to realize that canker sores will NOT respond to any type of herpes intervention, as it is not a viral infection but an autoimmune condition.If you try to use anti-herpes approaches for canker sores, they simply will not work.

Oral herpes blisters -- Herpes lesions are quite different from canker sores, although they too can be very painful. They are typically presented as small, red blisters on your and around your lips.

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both need to get tested ASAP.

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It was probably a in grown hair and from all the picking infected. My husband gets them on his neck from shaving.

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...Picking a pimple doesn't turn it into a cold sore

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It's just from picking at it. Tell him to leave it alone or it'll take forever to go away. He can put neosporin on it.

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Looks like a cold sore to me

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This is now what it looks like after still remaining to pick and remove scab ...still think its a cold sore or just infected ingrown hair

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A cold sore would actually be on his lip, not next to it

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It could just be getting infected because he's kept messing with it. That's what it looks like to me anyways.

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I get cold sores/ fever blisters a few times a year. The above definition is from the Mayo Clinic. They occur on or around the lips. They start as a blister sometimes even initially appear to be acne. They build into a patch of blisters. If your boyfriend begins to get them regularly his doctor can prescribe medication to ease the symptoms. They are a form of herpes and are highly contagious... so refrain from kissing or any down below oral activity or you will run the risk of contracting them on your mouth or vagina.  Hope he feels better soon... They are super painful and irritating and they make me pretty grumpy!

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