Question:
Hello,

I think that I have genital herpes and I am afraid it will leave a scar.
I started avaing the sintoms of herpes about 3/4 weeks ago, after about a week I picked the blisters, and became an open cut, after a while I tryed some helling oinment bepanthene, as it didn't heal I went to the doctor and It told me to not put anything that it looked like herpes and it would pass in 5 days or so. It's been almost 2 weeks. It has improved a lot the blisters are practlly gone . But I still have a pink area in the penis around 1cm2 that doesn't go away.
I have been checking it for the last 2 days, and it doesn't change.

I am very afraid, I might get a scar, and that it won't let have a normal sex life.

I feel really stupid because I picked the blisters.

Have you had a similar condition?
Do you think it will pass?
Do you think it is a scar?
Do I have to wait until the redness goes away before I can have sex again?
If it happened something similar to you, how long did it take to heal?

I feel very bad, I really want this to go away, it may sound silly or selfish because I have only had to deal with this for a month now, And some of the people here has delted with herpes for years.But I feel really bad, I don't know who to talk to, I just want to know that my pennis can return to normal soon.

Do you think it will scarr?


Thank you, I have been reading on the net, and I think I got the redness beacause i picked the scabs, I am so stupid. Now it won't have a normal looking pennis again, and noone will want to sleep with me
:(

Answer:
Don't pick at it and you won't get a scar. Picking at is risks spreading it if it is genital herpes. Also you can't really say when herpes is gonna go away. Everyone is different, your doctor isn't gonna test you? Usually they do blood tests and swabs. If he didn't I would see a another doctor cause without proper testing you could have something more serious then herpes.

In any case keep posting on this thread if you need anymore help.

Answer:
I have pink spots in places where I definitely didn't pick scabs (it's been about 6weeks now)... I think that in some people/skin types it can take a while to fade away, but I am not too worried about scarring. Unfortunately you are just gonna have to give it more time...