Does this look like herpes?

To add some context, I had a cluster of genital warts on my either side of my labia for 4 months (which were treated by freeing). At first, they were painless, but as soon as I started treatment they began to feel itchy prickly - especially when walking (due to the friction). Whenever I'd scratch them, the prickly feeling would worsen. Several months after the warts were treated, I still feel those sensations in the area from time to time - sometimes once a week, sometimes twice, sometimes once a fortnight. The irritation seems to be located to specific sights, which is often red and raised. Sometimes they're bumps, sometimes there tiny wet pimple-looking things. I feel like the wetness is caused by scratching/the friction from walking, where the bump is aggravated causing the skin to break. I visited a gynaecologist, and she examined the area - coming to the conclusion that it was something called 'seborrheic dermatitis' caused by the treatment for my genital warts. However, on the day there was only redness - no bumps or wet pimples. I AM convinced that I have dermatitis further down from the freezing (the treatment has left me with extremely dry/flaky skin down near my bottocks), but I'm concerned that the bumps/wet pimples may be herpes. Several things point to this, several things don't. For example, I only started getting irritation once I started treatment for genital warts. However, the fact that the bumps/wet pimples tend to occur in the same spots point towards herpes. But is it likely that I would have contracted TWO STI's in the same sitting (there's only one place it/they could have come from)?. I don't know how I'd deal with a herpes diagnosis right now, after all I had to go through with my horrendous, unsightly and uncomfortable genital warts, but I need opinions! I do intent to visit my local clinic as soon as possible to discuss this, but I feel like I'd have to go on a day where the bumps/wet pimples are present. This is tricky, as they come and disappear in a day/a matter of hours, in some instances - they don't seem to follow the typical herpes cycle.

Thanks!

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