Question: Doctor, I had sex with a new female partner 4 times over the course of a week, prior to her admitting having hsv2. She is on daily suppressive therapy, hasn't had an outbreak since her first over a year ago, and talked to her doctor who claimed the chance of passing it on while on her meds and using a condom was tiny. We did always use condoms. About 2 weeks ago, the morning after the last time we has sex, I noticed 3 hard, slightly red bumps at the base of my penis below the coverage of a condom, near my pubic area, with hairs protruding from each. They did not hurt or itch and were not blisters. They were in close proximity but not clustered. I plucked the hair from one of them that night, popped it with puss coming out, and within two days it had gone down completely. I then went to get a herpes blood test (5 days after the last time we had sex). The results took 2 days, during which the other 2 bumps developed a white head at the hair follicle. If the hair was pulled the bumps were a bit sore. I plucked the hair from both, popped them with solid puss coming out, and within a day they went down. All 3 had some dead flaky skin atop them that came off within days, I'm assuming from constant examination and squeezing. So once popped, the bumps went down within a day, with a slight raise felt under the skin for the next 5 days or so, like a zit. The test came back negative for hsv2 positive for hsv1 (previously known). My question is, are these bumps more likely ingrown hairs (folliculitus) caused by sweet and friction during sex, or should I suspect herpes? Should i be concerned? Its keeping me up at night. Had my partner not admitted having herpes I wouldn't have questioned for a moment that they were ingrown hairs, and looked nothing like the blisters I've seen online associated with herpes. Again they didn't hurt, other than the soreness associated with pulling the hairs, and itching was no more than usual. Most accounts from doctors I've found online state that herpes rarely affect this are on men due to the lack of friction, and that if a hair is protruding from each bump, its not herpes. I've also seen some random people stating how their herpes was misdiagnosed as an ingrown hair, but this was mostly women with the bumps or blisters directly on their actual vagina. I've had no other symptoms other than a couple tiny, painless watery bumps under my nose that flaked off in about four days, but as I never conducted oral sex on her, I gave this little mind as I get stuff like this elsewhere on my face periodically. Please help. Should I put my mind at ease that its not herpes, should I see if the bumps return with no sex, what should I do? With the bumps gone, a physical examination wouldn't do much.

Doctor, thank you for the reply. I would bet everything I own now and in the future that I don't have AIDS, but a follow up blood test might be a good idea if anything reoccurs. I was looking to get peace of mind and I think I got it, thank you. I do have some follow up questions.
Would folliculitis typically be caused by sweating and friction during intercourse with a condom like this in that area? Could stress have brought out the hsv1 under my nose, as I have been extremely anxious since the start of all of this? What is the likely hood that the spot under my nose could be hsv2 from dirty hands after inspecting myself in the unlikely situation I contracted hsv2? I'm guessing that the chance is small, but I'm looking to see if the chance is just small or next to impossible as I know hsv2 really doesn't "like" the area of the face. Finally, should the blood test offer validity that I don't have hsv2, or could I reasonably expect it not to be hsv2 due to the symptoms and the fact that she is on daily meds? Thank you.