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I'm hsv1 female and wondering if I shave and tweeze, does that make it easier to pass on to a male through shedding? I know if they shave it makes it easier, but what if the small cuts etc are on me?

I am having my second ob a week after finishing the 10 day Valtrex from my first. the doctor said with it being this close I should start on the daily suppressants. But, since the recurrence rate for genital hsv1 is usually so low, should I wait and see if I have a third before I start it? And is the daily suppressant for reducing ob occurrences only or does it also reduce transmission chances as well? If it does decrease the rate, would it have decreased it further had I not had recurring obs?

^^^^ @jessieandjuice

im so sorry, that doesnt sound fun. I wonder if its a mental thing going on that you dont realize? thats what it kinda sounds like. the burning wont last, since ive been on the meds a few days its stopped, its only when you have open lesions. i was in shock at first too, it took a few days before i could cry and reality set in. since posting that im realizing theres nothing i can do about it, and even tho im still devastated and highly upset, sitting in my room for 5 days not getting out of bed isnt helping anything. i finally got out of the house today and am feeling a little better. i got the call today that i have hsv1. i know it doesnt make sense kinda and im probably wrong but i feel like since youre older guys will be more mature and understanding of it than they are at my age. and with the medicine and stuff hopefully the leg pain will go away!

I am waiting for the results to come back currently, but they believe it is type 2. I have been but all my doctor said was that I have it and she'll call me back. Nothing was explained or anything which didn't help anything. I'm so uncomfortable and I just want life to be normal again. I can't believe this happened to me and I don't know how I'm going to deal with it. Life seems so unfair right now and I'm so angry.

I am 22. I was just diagnosed with H while traveling overseas. I had met this great guy, and we started with condoms. After a few times and some drinks, it didn't get used. A few days later I had moved islands and left him, and saw what looked like a tear on the inside of my vagina lip, it worsened quickly and more "tears" began to appear. After 3 days of indescribable pain and going to three hospitals,I was ready to get real answers, expecting to have been torn from rough sex and them been infected. To my surprise and dismay, I was told right away it was herpes, contracted most likely from the guy I had just met. I am devastated, not only did that end my trip and make it the worst decision of my life to go over there, and a giant waste of money, but I had to sit on a plane in pain for 29 hours to get back home. I am so ashamed, embarrassed, and disgusted with myself. And it's even worse because it was in no way worth it, I regret everything. I don't want people to know I'm home because I don't want to have to answer why I am early or what's wrong with me. I feel like if people look at me they're going to know what I have and that I'm dirty and be made fun of and called a whore. People around here don't accept things like this at all, and I can't blame them because I wouldn't either. I haven't stopped crying since I found out and I don't want to leave my room. I can't look my parents in the eye. I don't want to talk to anyone. I feel like no one is going to ever want me. I have struggled with bad depression and relationships as it is, and rarely find someone I like. Now when I finally do find someone every now and then they aren't going to want me. And I can't blame them because I wouldn't want me either. I wouldn't want to be with someone that had herpes, so I can't expect them to either. And I don't want to give it to them. I don't want to continue with any part of my normal life because I am disgusted and embarrassed with myself and I just want it to go away but there's nothing I can do to change it. My parents are supportive but they don't understand how the people my age here are. They're so judgmental and follow stigmas very closely. And if I do ever attempt to tell someone, I know they're going to be disgusted and want nothing to do with me, as well as go tell all of their friends and then everyone will know. I'm also scared I'm going to have a lot of outbreaks, because this first one has been the worst pain I've been in in my entire life. And I'm scared I'll have issues keeping a job due to this because I have been struggling to move for a few days. I also have found myself thinking it doesn't matter if I gain weight or don't take care of my appearance now anyways because no one will want me as it is. I'm so devastated and alone I don't know what to do, I've had so many other issues already in my life this was the absolute last thing I needed. I don't want to be here, I just want it to be gone and be normal again, but it never will be.