Hello! So I have a major tendency to get ingrowns in my pubic region and typically end up picking them out (I know, bad). I have had 1 unprotected sexual partner in the past 6 months and we are monogamous...not that it matters as I know herpes can remain dormant forever. Anyways, the lower bump had been around for awhile and 2 days ago I picked it open, and it looks like in the picture now. The upper bump was just a closed pink tiny bump that I picked open earlier today. I was able to retrieve hairs from both of them. However, they look much more agitated and lesion-y than ingrowns typically do. They are sore when I touch them from being picked at but otherwise no other symptoms. It has probably been a weeks since the first ingrown showed up (pre-picking) and no new ones have developed. Of course now that I am paranoid I am hypersensitive to every bump, itch, etc.
Could this be herpes? If it is herpes, what would I be looking for, progression-wise?
Here is the picture (NSFW), sorry for the yuck factor! I haven't shaved for a few days because I didn't want to agitate it more. http://imgur.com/7ZUjMfc