Cold Sores Around Mouth And Chin

Cold sores usually form on the lip or around the mouth.

Cold sores around mouth and chin. Cold sores usually heal in two to three weeks without leaving a scar. Cold sores also called fever blisters are a common viral infection. However it s also very easy for that spreading to occur. They are tiny fluid filled blisters on and around your lips.

Caused by the herpes simplex virus cold sores are highly contagious. Cold sores are small sores or blister like lesions that appear on the lips chin cheeks inside the nostrils and less frequently on the gums or the roof of the mouth. It s very rare to experience a flare up directly on the chin without it being spread from somewhere else. They usually cause pain a.

Cold sores on your chin can be irritating and potentially embarrassing they can appear around your chin lips mouth or face. Cold sores usually occur on the lips again don t confuse them with canker sores which are ulcers that develop on the inside of your mouth where cold sores don t occur and are not caused by hsv. These blisters are often grouped together in patches. Herpes simplex type 1 hsv 1 typically causes cold sores.

After the blisters break a scab forms that can last several days. Occasionally cold sores and fever blisters can occur in or around the nostrils or on the chin or fingers.