Cold Sores Around Mouth And Chin

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.

Cold sores around mouth and chin. Caused by the herpes simplex virus cold sores are highly contagious. They usually cause pain a. They have very different causes and treatment. It s very rare to experience a flare up directly on the chin without it being spread from somewhere else.

Herpes simplex type 1 hsv 1 typically causes cold sores. Cold sores which occur on the lips and mouth look similar to pimples. Cold sores usually form on the lip or around the mouth. Cold sores on your chin can be irritating and potentially embarrassing they can appear around your chin lips mouth or face.

However it s also very easy for that spreading to occur. These blisters are often grouped together in patches. Occasionally cold sores and fever blisters can occur in or around the nostrils or on the chin or fingers. After the blisters break a scab forms that can last several days.

A cold sore on the chin is usually caused by an outbreak that started at the mouth. They are tiny fluid filled blisters on and around your lips.