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A member asked:

Help please! i don't know when is it okay to kiss again after treating mouth herpes?

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Herpes simplex: You will have this the rest of your life, and most of the people you are going to kiss already have it as well. Do not worry over this.

Dr Fowler and another doctor agreed

Answered 11/23/2014

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