What could this single red bump be?

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noticed this a week or so after shaving the area. I am sexually active with the same partner

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      could this be an ingrown hair? worst fear is that it is herpes etc. i am not experiencing any other symptoms

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      its a ingrown hair common in the week after shaving when the hair is growing back

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      are you sure? i have had unprotected sex but with the same partner and this has not shown up until now. how can i remedy this?

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      leave it be until it forms a head like a spot then put a warm compress on it and squeeze the pus out like when u get a spot on the face

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      thanks. you are sure that its just an ingrown hair?

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      it dosnt look like herpes or any other std

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