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Bump on border of upper lip.have acne,oily skin,never cold sore b4.didnt notice tingling b4 it appeared.popped it cuz there was a whitehead.is pimple?

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Dr. Robert Kwok answered

Maybe: There are oil glands on the edges of the lips. That means one can get plugged oil glands and occasionally a pimple there. Plugged oil glands may come 1-3 at a time. After the stuff comes out, it should heal up fine. Herpes cold sores are often a cluster of 3-10 tiny bumps, and don't contain pus or oil. Cold sores break easily, can ooze a bit, as if the surface got scraped away, and they crust up.

Answered 9/26/2017

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A member asked:

Bump on border of upper lip.have acne,oily skin,never cold sore b4.didnt notice tingling b4 it appeared.popped it cuz there was a whitehead.is pimple?

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Dr. Robert Kwok answered

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