If it's not a cold sore, it's a....

[OhpoorMe]

What?

I get these lumps on my lip almost constantly, they are hard to burst (though this one looks riper than most) and by the time they've died down I usually have another one. Prime placements are here, or right hand near corner, or top left near cupids bow.

I know it looks like a white head but it won't burst. Previously I've popped a needle in which has helped but can't be good to do all the time!

I don't think they're cold sores - no tingling or scabbing - but Google will only give me that answer.

Any ideas?

Herpes

I get those, I thought they were cold sores. Is herpes different?

Do you have a nervous habit of rubbing your skin there? I used to do this. Or rub my chin. The only time I get a blemish it's from rubbing my skin and clogging a pore. I would see a doctor though, could be something else.

That's what cold sores are. One and the same.

I mean the whole point of my post was that I don't think it so cold sores 😂 they don't look anything like pictures I've seen?

No I don't think so. I do think I got more of them when I moisturised ( so I stopped)

Just realised I didn't even attach my picture 🤦🏼‍♀️

I know it looks like a white head but it won't burst. Previously I've popped a needle in which has helped but can't be good to do all the time!

Should there be a photo?

Is it not just a spot?

Do you use another product, like lip balm? Maybe an allergy to something? Maybe it's just acne. Or maybe you need to exfoliate that area. I've heard using a dedicated soft bristled toothbrush on/around the lips is a good way to do it.

I get these sometimes and yes, they're hard to pop. I have more success in drying them out with something astringent.

Thinking about it, I've not had one for ages. Probably the only upside to ageing is that I finally appear to be "growing out" of these (aged 50+).

Looks like a spot lower lip and crusting herpes/cold sore upper lip midline.

I thought someone might say that but weirdly/ coincidentally I think it's the light. That's just my lip and always has been!

Might there be a certain lipstick or lip balm that you use just prior to one appearing? It took me a while to cotton on that I’d get a cold sore after using my favourite, discontinued lipstick, which I only wore once every few months. Not saying that what you have is a cold sore, it looks like a spot, but it may be that you’re transferring the bacteria.

It does look more like a regular whitehead than a cold sore - I get these too sometimes. In my experience, they're harder to pop because they're so much more painful! I use a very hot flannel on it for a few minutes first (but you're probably not "meant" to try and pop them at all....)

No, no lipsticks or lip balms. To only thing regularly in my face is toothpaste!

It's just weird that the only place I get spots (if that's what they are) is right in my lip line and there's nearly always one ( but only ever one!). Perhaps try exfoliating as a PP said

Definitely not a cold sore as I get them in a similar place every few years, and once I mistook it for a whitehead and popped... A WORLD of hideous crusty pain ensued.

Give a warm compress a go. Should soothe it and encourage it to the surface. I would avoid bursting them if possible. Could be that you have little ingrown hairs that have annoyingly decided to be on your lip line.

Just a spot, lip spots are always quite painful to pop.

Put a colloid plaster on overnight to see if it takes out the fluid. It does look like a coldsore to me. If you don't scratch or burst it then it won't crust.

Looks like a cold sore to me (looks fluid filled and that cold sore shape if that makes sense

Looks like a cold sore to me. I get them and they start like that.

The top lip looks like a cold sore
The bottom looks like a spot.
Cold sores are loads of small fluid filled bumps together, not one big one.

Rather than trying to pop it, try rubbing an emery board on the spot to break the surface.

Could it be hormonal? My mum always used to get a spot on her chin at a certain point in her cycle.

Sorry OP but it looks exactly like a cold sore. I get a lot of them and it's a typical appearance. They don't always tingle and/or scab.