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What causes you to get herpes on your arm?
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Lesion/virus contact: Herpes usually will not thrive on the skin of the arm, but if that is the case, there was some direct contact with either another person's herpes lesion or self inoculation by failing to wash your hands.
Answered 4/1/2018
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