[Does genital HSV-1 migrate to lips?]

The virus will not migrate on it's own.  But, learn from my mistake - do not touch your face, especially if you touch the area where you are having a genital outbreak.  In my case, I was trying to treat an area with jock itch.  I had creme all over my hands, and accidentally touched my face.  Three or four days later, I got feverish and had sores in my mouth.

 

If I had it to do over again, I would have worn nitrile gloves, and applied any meds or cremes with a cotton ball.  Once the cotton ball touched my skin, I would have thrown it away and got another for the next area.  I would not let a contaminated cotton ball touch the tip of the tube of meds and allow the tube to be potentially contaminated.   Or, I could have used a spray that would not require that area to be touched.

 

Once I had the outbreak in my mouth, I used a cotton swab to apply Abreva.  But, I always used a new swab when touching the tip of the Abreva tube to get the next dollop out of the tube..