While we at Aubio can appreciate that this can be a bit of an embarrassing proposition, dating with cold sores isn’t unusual, given that millions of people currently carry herpes simplex 1 (or HS-1), the virus that causes a cold sore outbreak. According to the Westover Heights Clinic, more than 50% of the people in the United States today are infected with HS-1, which means that they carry the virus even if they don’t get a cold sore outbreak.

So, if you’re currently single and actively dating, more than 1 in 2 people you’ll potentially go out with will be dating with cold sores.

He already has our tickets in hand and we make it into the theatre just in time for the last of the previews.While some people did look straight past our model's cold sore when she asked to stand with them, others were far more dismissive than the night before.One upfront pub goer even pointed to her sore and asked her: 'Oh s***, Where did you get that from?I’m sure I don’t have to tell you, regular viewer of television commercials for prescription drugs, that valtrex is commonly used to treat herpes. Minutes turned into hours that day, so who knows how long I enjoyed your incredible misfortune.Now, looking back, I can see that my friend was not joking, but rather trying to protect me from future weird mix-ups. I think that the day that Jana showed me the first fateful lines of the e-mail aforementioned was one of the greatest moments in my life. I would like to mention how, often when Jana and I would get drunk alone in our apartment, the nights would freqently end in a good ol’ Jana ice-lipping.They are unsightly and uncomfortable, but how does having a herpes cold sore affect a person's ability to pull?Mail Online sent actress and model Danielle Court, 24, out to chat up Londoners on two separate nights - the only difference was before one a make-up artist had painted her on a huge cold sore.