There are some things you can't cover up with lipstick and powder... AKA coldsores!

I've always had them, my whole life. Sometimes on the lip so the swelling just looks like I've had collogen injected; I don't mind that. This time, it's on the philtrum. It's quite hard to disguise, and gets really cracked and painful as it heals.

A few years ago I had one after another with almost no respite. I visited the doctors in desperation, and he gave me a huge dose of an anti-viral drug, the type normally given to patients with the other form of herpes. Since then, I've had them less frequently, perhaps 1-2 a year, which I can accept I suppose.

Anyway, this unwelcome visitor coupled with the fact that I trimmed my fringe yesterday with a little bit too much enthusiasm resulted in this staring back from the mirror: