I thought it might be a case of shingles. It's like herpes, (it's even called herpes zoster) but it's a completely different virus than genital herpes. It's basically a recurrence of chicken pox, and thus not necessarily sexually transmitted. It is contagious and she shouldn't work with it when it flares up.

But I think that if it is shingles, she should get off this "poor me, the porno business gave me herpes" track.

What the fuck do I know...