If the buttocks skin is too thick for the virus to get in, why are there outbreaks there?

Terry Warren says several times in her forum that the buttocks skin is to thick for the virus the get in from the outside.

However, we do know that for some people outbreaks can erupt there.

Would that mean that some outbreaks can appear on areas not initially exposed to the virus?

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I have been wondering the same thing! Can this virus be transmitted if someone with the virus rubs or touches their privates on the bum cheek area? No intercourse but just contact with the skin of the bare buttocks??

I've never spread it. Had hvs2 35 plus years... lots of sex and spooning

As I understand it, it's less about being originally *infected* on the butt area (although it could happen if you have a break in the skin and get rubbed there with an outbreak or viral shedding), but more about the nerve ganglia carrying the reawakened virus down a different nerve pathway from the base of the spine to the surface of the skin. Sometimes the path of least resistance for recurrences happens to carry the virus from dormancy to the surface of the skin on the butt instead of the original location of infection on the genitals.

Hi friends, many thanks for the input! Butt skin would be thick enough then. Good to know! @adrial @Katidid @FunnyGirl Best regards. Adrial keep up the great work brother! Cheers,