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Can follculitis be mistaken for herpes ? if it's on the vagina on the labia?

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Possible: It's possible, but if it's in the labia minora (smaller lips) or inside towards the vagina, there are no hair follicles here, so it's not likely to be folliculitis.

Dr Maes and another doctor agreed

Answered 6/8/2014

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Today a bump appeared outer vagina(labia)been tested for herpes and it was negative but supposedly have high risk hpv, ogbyn didnt do Pap smear because Im 19, high risk doesnt mean genital warts right? Could it just be a pimple? It looks like?

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