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A member asked:
Someone with a cold sore used my lipstick and ate directly out of my ice cream container. can the virus still be passed if i use them days later?
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Little or no risk: HSV1, the oral herpes virus, is not usually transmitted by this sort of contact. Of course you should never share lipstick with anyone, but that's mostly to prevent colds, flu, etc, not herpes. Don't worry about it.
Answered 10/27/2016
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