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That looks like a really bad acne break out more than HSV to me, but I don't know. I also don't know anything about HSV on the chin but you would think it would be a little painful if it was HSV.

As someone who has oral herpes (aka cold sores), and who once had it decide to try to strike out down my cheek/chin a bit... It didn't hurt on normal skin. It looked like chicken pox. The filling inside was not white pus, though, but was instead basically-clear fluid, just as in chicken pox or my usual cold sore blisters.

I had a photo, but LJ has changed how Albums work and stuff vanished and/or wound up in other albums ("what is this Mt. Major field-trip photo doing in my Cold Sore Photodocumentary Album?") and I can't find the "cold sore on normal skin" photo. ARGH!

Anyway, from just the photo, you might have an allergic reaction going. You might have abrasion going. Or you might be having an outbreak; though unless you had broken skin (with blood accessible), the outbreak would be pretty unusual. HSV wants mucous membranes or cut skin to transmit. Once it's established its fortress in the spine, it obviously sometimes will attempt to colonize nearby nerves and come out in non-mucous membrane places, but starting there seems unlikely.

Could you be allergic to your partner's soap? If he soaped up his genitals, then a lot of exposure to them could make for a nasty rash. Same if you're allergic to his detergent -- it's on the undies, and the undies are rubbin' the genitals. (Or if he's one of those "I'm immune to poison ivy" people who hasn't had his immune system go, "Actually, no, that was the last straw and now you're going to get the allergic-reaction rash like everyone else," and somehow got poison ivy on something that touched your chin! ...I had a cat walk through poison ivy, and I picked it up and cuddled it like woah...

Good luck!

It just looks super chafed to me.

I think it looks like chafing too or irritation. That can happen especially if the area your chin was rubbing was recently shaved.

It would be very unlikely for HSV to show up that quickly. From everything that I've ever read, it would usually take at least two days. Also, primary oral HSV usually shows up inside the mouth (secondary lesions of the first outbreak and secondary outbreaks show up on or around the lips).

This really could be so many different things that have nothing to do with oral sex. If it really concerns you, you could go to a doctor and have it checked out...but really, try not to freak out.

Edited at 2012-07-20 03:26 pm (UTC)

That looks really similar to the kind of rash I get when one of my many contact allergies triggers. I've had it around my eyes, lips, nose, hands, and uh... everywhere. Though mine itch like all hell and when the itching stops the ache shows up. I'm allergic to ingredients commonly found in soap and detergent. It could be that a soap or lotion he uses and doesn't rinse off very well caused a bad reaction on your face's more sensitive skin that it wouldn't cause on your hands.

I find that taking benadryl helps immensely, and the cream form is amazing. It really helps dry out the sores and stop them from weeping.

Best of luck to you. :)

I get the exact same thing when I use toothpaste with SLS in. It looks more like some kind of irritation to me!

Looks like acne or an allergic reaction. Maybe look into the soap he's used, or perhaps even his semen since some women have had reactions to their partners semen before. If your face is sensitive, who knows. Otherwise it could just be chaffing or a plain ole break out of acne.

Try taking benadryl. I would suggest some kind of cream to soothe the skin, but if it's acne, sometimes you have to be careful with what moisturizer you use. Some aloe wouldn't hurt though.

The only thing I can think of would be a semen allergy.

I'm with the others in thinking it looks most like an allergic reaction. Seeing as you currently have the sores/whatever, if it helps clear your mind you could always pop into the docs/clinic and see if they can take a sample to rule HSV out, but it really does seem unlikely.

Seconding everyone that you should check what soap/lotions/detergents/deodorants he uses on his genitals (or might end up there through contact with clothing etc.) The you can start figuring out if you have allergies to any of them (get him to change them one at a time etc. etc.) It's also worth bearing in mind that if you spent a significant amount of time down there, and his pubic area is anything other than totally smooth, there's a good chance for plan ol' fashioned stubble burn!