Please please please can somebody help me! What is this?

Does this look like genital herpes? Very rarely my bf suffers from coldsores, maybe twice / three times a year. One day I woke up and noticed my vulva area was very red and dry. I instantly knew I had an infection and suspected a yeast infection. The next day I went to my doctor and she swabbed me. She believed it was thrush and the test cane back to say that I did indeed have thrush.

Then the next day I woke up and my vagina looked like this:

I didn't have any pain, generally or when going to the toilet, I had no itching or burning. Then when I checked a few days later my vagina looked like this:

And then it looked like this the next day:

I didnt have any typical herpes symptoms except I did experience a little cold, tiredness and achy legs however that wasnt initially, it was more afterwards. I never experienced any ulceration or any type of pain, stinging or itching. I collected my thrush cream and tablets and my vagina improved before the redness returned. I went back to my doctor and she swabbed me for thrush, she didnt think I could have herpes bc she would have noticed it asap when i first came in. The swabs for thrush and some other stds all came back negative. But now 8 months later I am still suffering with vaginal redness, sensitivity when I put pressure and wipe, vaginal dryness and discomfort / burning if my partner rubs my vagina. My doctor has also retested me again and explained that my flora and ph are perfect and that there is no sign of any infection. She believes I could have some form of dermatitis and she prescribed me steroid cream which doesnt seem to be improving.

This is how my vagina currently looks:

Im worried all along I could be suffering from herpes? Could herpes cause constant redness, burning, dryness and sensitivity? Could I be suffering from viral vaginitis? Despite not having any sores or typical herpes symptoms? My boyfriend and I have also had unprotected sex and he hasn't experienced any herpes symptoms either. Please if you could help i would be so grateful, im driving myself crazy....

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