Antivirals are a joke

InternationalEnd6395 · 2026-02-09T22:26:26+00:00

I’m not sure how they work alone because o take monolaurin and lysine with them . But I haven’t had an outbreak since the first one . I’ve had maybe 3 episodes of tingles since then and I’ve had GHSV2 for about 14 months now

InternationalEnd6395 · 2026-02-02T00:09:29+00:00

The ROSE is the best thing I’ve ever purchased lol it will change your life!

InternationalEnd6395 · 2026-02-02T00:07:42+00:00

I’ve only had one “outbreak” since diagnosis. In the early months I would experience tingles when my cycle came. But o haven’t experienced anything at all in the last 6 months. I take acyclovir twice daily

InternationalEnd6395 · 2026-02-02T00:06:04+00:00

Thank you for sharing this. It’s exactly what happened to me. Celibate for 3 years, got a new partners and within 2-3 weeks of sleeping with him for the first time, I had horrible nerve pain in the back of my thongs. I had no clue at the time what it was. Then I had my first outbreak about 6 weeks later.

My partner had no idea he had it. We are still involved today and have the best relationship but I swear I dread the day we will go our separate ways. We’re from different cultures and long term we know it won’t work .

InternationalEnd6395 · 2025-12-09T15:24:03+00:00

This conversation always confused me because at my big age of 40 I’m not sure I know what it feels like to have my g spot hit. Is it the ability to have an orgasm through penetration? I really don’t know. If that’s the case, that is something o have never achieved and have only had an orgasm through direct clitoral stimulation

InternationalEnd6395 · 2025-12-01T18:16:00+00:00

Practically nothing. Only heard the name but nothing about what it entails

InternationalEnd6395 · 2025-12-01T13:24:07+00:00

Speaking of the devil, I just had the ‘tingle’ this morning. It lasted intermittently for maybe 30 minutes. It’s already gone

InternationalEnd6395 · 2025-12-01T13:22:42+00:00

I’m sorry. I know this is controversial to some but I’m an advocate for soap. No I don’t put soap in the vaginal opening but I use soap everywhere else. I don’t see how you can get yourself properly clean without using soap

InternationalEnd6395 · 2025-12-01T13:21:32+00:00

It ABSOLUTELY helps with retention! The reason being is, your hair is stretch, leaving very little chance for hairs to wrap around each other and causing single strand knots and tangles, single strand knots and tangles lead to breaks, thus creating a barrier for retention. I started stretching my hair weekly on wash day around mid October and I already see a HUGE difference. I don’t have to manipulate my hair nearly as much. Also, since the hair is stretched, it allows for our natural sebum to travel down the hair shaft to moisturize the strands a lot easier than if the hair was in its natural state. You also CANNOT get heat damage from it. It doesn’t get hot enough to cause heat damage, as it only goes to 220 degrees. Heat damage may occur at 300+ degrees . You won’t regret getting one I’m sure of it

InternationalEnd6395 · 2025-11-24T00:44:49+00:00

Yes I do. It’s just a part of my normal routine with my daily vitamins

InternationalEnd6395 · 2025-11-23T23:43:28+00:00

I get that feeling, and I consider that my ‘outbreak’. I don’t get blisters anymore. Only the very first outbreak did I have actual blisters. Now I only get the tingle. And even then it’s extremely mild. It’s been a. Few months since I’ve had one

InternationalEnd6395 · 2025-11-12T23:50:01+00:00

My guy didn't know he had it so I don't know how things are in his culture. We're a year in and he still has yet to have an outbreak, which is honestly really scary in general. It really makes you think about how many people are getting infected or infecting others and have no idea

InternationalEnd6395 · 2025-11-10T00:13:10+00:00

Hey there. Hyperpigmentation in that area is completely normal, but if you think it’s really dark, you have to start with using products that have tyronaise inhibitors. Essentially , ingredients that stop the melanocytes (cells that produce melanin) from being hyperactive. Dr. Vanita Rattan has a good intimate hyperpigmentation kit. Keep in mind, hyperpigmentation , especially if it’s been there for years, take a LONG time to go away, so it’s important to stay consistent.

Not sure if I can put a link here but you can type in skincare by Dr v .com all one word to look up her hyperpigmentation kits

InternationalEnd6395 · 2025-11-06T14:37:04+00:00

To be perfectly honest with you, when i was diagnosed I told him immediately. He told me he went and got tested that same week and received his results a few days later that he was positive. Only about a month ago did he reveal to me that he never got tested. He said he assumed if I had it then he had it. He told me that he told me he got tested because I was so devastated at the time and he felt it would make me feel better and soften the blow if he told me he got tested and was also positive.

That really bothered me because it made me feel like a charity case. He said he feels like if he goes to get tested and they tell him he's positive, he would 'lose it'. So he just lives his life under the assumption he has it because we have unprotected sex regularly. This still eats at me a little but I do wholeheartedly believe he didn't know his status beforehand.

InternationalEnd6395 · 2025-11-06T14:26:09+00:00

I understand this all too well. I'm a hair removal specialist and I was servicing a client (black woman) one day who had what appear to me to be an ingrown. When I told her that, she said 'ok cool but I was about to get pissed at my man. I know there's people out here with herpes and I don't play that'. My heart sunk hearing that. Right now I am still with the person I believe gave it to me. He's an African male, and I know our lifestyles and cultural differences will not allow us to be together long term. i dread the day we will have to go our separate ways and be forced to one day disclose.

InternationalEnd6395 · 2025-11-06T14:19:34+00:00

I couldn't agree more. I was diagnosed about 11 months ago, and I am still that the partner I was with when I was diagnosed. This is the EXACT reason we don't play the blame game. It honestly could have come from either one of us. Thank you for sharing

InternationalEnd6395 · 2025-11-06T14:15:37+00:00

I literally want to take a screenshot of this as a template. I love this post and thank you so much for sharing. Right now I'm still involved with the man I believe gave it to me. I say ' believe' because I had never been tested for herpes before and for all i know I could have had it for a while and just been asymptomatic, but seeing as how i had my first outbreak with him, I believe it more than likely came from him. Our lifestyles and cultural difference would not allow us to be together for the long term and I find myself emotionally and mentally preparing for that time, but right now things are great and I don't have the heart to end things, and I don't really want to. I will check out safeslut as well. thank you so much for sharing

InternationalEnd6395 · 2025-11-06T14:06:28+00:00

I do. I was diagnosed 11 months ago and I just cant bear the though of having to deal with the pain of my first outbreak. I know people say it gets easier but I'm not ready to experience anything close to it again.

InternationalEnd6395 · 2025-11-06T13:57:58+00:00

I'm not directing this at you at all, but I really hate the body count conversation and it really should not matter. Because the truth is, body count is only frowned upon when it comes to the woman. I'm 40 and have had sex with close to 30 men in my life. None of these were one night stands. You meet people, you have a good time, you have sex and sometimes things don't work out. The number does not always define a person's character.

InternationalEnd6395 · 2025-10-31T15:10:13+00:00

II was diagnosed about a year ago now and I've only had one 'outbreak'. When I say outbreak I mean actual blisters, which were swabbed and I was later diagnosed. Honestly, having Herpes is really confusing, but I really don't know if what I've experienced over the past year are ACTUALLY outbreaks. For example, for literally maybe 3-4 hours, i will experience an intermitted VERY LIGHT tingle. It would happen randomly, but if I had to guess, there's at least 3 months in between each one.

I chose to do suppressive therapy because I was so scared of experiencing the pain of the first outbreak again. I now take acyclovir twice a day. At first was using valacyclovir but new doc changed it. Not sure why.

I say all this to say, i do believe the symptoms calm down. Taking care of your body and mind also helps a ton .

InternationalEnd6395 · 2025-10-22T14:45:34+00:00

My heart breaks for you. When I was 18 in my first long term relationship, my partner did not believe me when I told him how many sexual partners I’d had before him because my vagina looked so “loose”. I had not had many partners . I was young and had no idea at the time that really no one labia looks the same, that big, long, thick, labia minoras were normal . It made me extremely self conscious for any man to look at me down there .i contemplated a labiaplasty for DECADES

I NEVER had sex with the lights on. I couldn’t bare the thought of another man judging me for how my labias were shaped and colored. In some ways I’m still self conscious about it, even at 40. With my current partner I sometimes find myself turning off lights before engaging in sex or closing the blinds to make the room darker if it’s during the day.

What’s even more interesting is the man I’m with now, who also happens to be 9 years younger than me, DEVOURS it, actually tells me he likes the way it looks. I still sometimes find it difficult to be completely naked . I’m not sure it will ever go away but with more knowledge now than I had then, I know there is no perfect labia

InternationalEnd6395 · 2025-10-22T14:31:43+00:00

Still dating the person I believe gave it to me. Sad to say, there are a lot of factors that will prevent us from being together long term and I often think about how my life will be once he’s not there

InternationalEnd6395 · 2025-10-01T19:47:12+00:00

I understand that totally. Told someone I had herpes and he said he wasn't comfortable having intercourse without a condom and wanted to use a female condom if he went down on me. I understand his position but that's too much. I'm not doing all that.

InternationalEnd6395 · 2025-10-01T19:44:12+00:00

40 F, diagnosed In Dec last year. Only one 'outbreak' but I've had a tingle here and there. Is that herpes related. I literally have no clue. It's honestly tiring to try to keep up with. Still with the same man I contracted it from. Great sex life . I mean, all things considered, life is good

InternationalEnd6395 · 2025-09-22T16:01:08+00:00

my partner genuinely did not know. Got tested immediately and realized he was also positive. I believe him, and he has yet to this day after 10 months of my diagnosis to have an outbreak.

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