Inés García says facial herpes outbreak has returned

Inés García said a facial herpes outbreak had returned after a long period without symptoms, recalling that about a year earlier she experienced at least one outbreak a month. She shared the update in an Instagram Story, which included a photograph showing cream on or near her nose.

García wrote that she had woken up with an outbreak on her nose and that it had been a long time since the previous one. Her account of the earlier monthly outbreaks was also part of the post. The statements were reproduced in reports, but they stem from García’s own social media account and have not been independently medically verified.

She did not publicly identify a herpes simplex virus subtype or provide medical test results, according to one report. Her post also did not establish when she contracted the infection or how the latest outbreak began. A recurrence after a symptom-free period does not by itself establish the source of an infection.

Herpes simplex infections can remain dormant and later reactivate. Facial cold sores are commonly associated with HSV-1, but García did not say which type, if any, had been confirmed in her case. The reports describe the virus as common and note that...