I have had cysts in my armpits before and when I went to the doctor I was told that you could also get them in your genital area so when I began to get the same bump over and over through the years I assumed it was a cysts..The bump gets sorta big just like the cyst in my armpits and then busts just like the cyst and it hurts like hell just the same..My question is could this be herpes and I just dismissed it as a cysts? How would I know? I have look at the pictures on yahoo of the ppl with herpes and mine looks nothing like theirs....Mine is just one sometimes 2 bumps on the top of my vagina like where the main hair is..Never on the inside or near the inside..How can I tell what is what. I am sexually active and have been for a while..My previous bf doesnt have any stds (hes been tested) so im just overall confused at to what it could be.