Can treatment of a patient with recurrent facial herpes with Aquamid provoke a new outbreak?
The very injection process constitutes a risk, since the injection of the needle into the skin may provoke an outbreak of facial herpes. Prevention of an outbreak of herpes by means of an oral antivirus drug is recommended. Never use Aquamid when there is an outbreak of herpes labialis. Application of Aquamid is not recommended in persons with frequently recurrent herpes labialis. Prescription of a prophylactic treatment with an oral antivirus drug is recommended in the case of patients suffering from recurrent facial herpes.