Can a person get shingles twice? If so, does it appear in the same place twice?
Yes, a person can get shingles twice it recurs in an estimated one to five percent of patients and it can reappear many years after the initial episode of shingles. If shingles strikes a second time, it will usually not appear in the same location. Most people who seem to experience multiple episodes of shingles are probably having recurrent infection with a related herpes simplex virus and not true shingles.
