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Person with active cold sore kissed me on the cheek, will I get herpes?

Today I saw a friend of mine and I hugged her and she kissed me on the cheek and then after that I realized she had a cold sore, and no I'm scared she gave me herpes. I didn't have broken skin I guess but I have some dry pimples on the cheek I guess so I don't know if the virus can pass through then. She kissed on the cheek for like 3 or 4 seconds but I'm scared she infected me. Sorry if I sound like an idiot, but I have never got a cold sore in my 22 years of life and no one in my family has either except one of my brother who doesn't have a remarkable life, but so many people including me are paranoid about cold sores and sometimes people are stigmatize for that and being a young woman who has to socialize a lot every day it'd be difficult and also I have depression and low self steem so it would affect me a lot I guess. My face has been itching since that moment don't know if I'm overreacting. So, it's possible to get herpes by a kiss on the cheek? What are the chances? Thank you in advance.

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First of all, you may already be infected with hsv1 and not know it. At least half the people in your age group have it and most don't know they are infected because they never get cold sores. But, let's assume you do not have it, the chances you go herpes in the way you did is about 0.001%. I wouldn't not worry about it. Even if you did catch it, I would not worry about it because it nothing more than a very irregular and very minor inconvenience for most infected people. Also, most the people you date from here on out will be infected with hsv1. That's a fact you need to accept.
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