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How does hsv outbreak look like?

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Dr. Vicki Levine answered

Specializes in Dermatology

Blisters: First you get a tingling or painful sensation, then there is the development of a groups of blisters. The blisters open up and then become crusted and then heal.

Answered 6/11/2016

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