the first time I had a herpes outbreak on my face it took me some time to figure out what it was. by the time I did, the weird rash covered half my face. Go the the vitamin store and get liquid garlic. I applied it directly to my face, every so often throughout the evening, and the rash went away mostly by the next morning and completely gone in two days.
Second tip: artificial sweetners will bring this on. avoid all the obvious stuff, like chocolate and nuts and onions and coconut, but the artificial sweetner is worse than all of them combined. use Sugar or "stevia". good luck.