Hi mess,

Thanks for posting your question.  I'm not a doctor, so I cannot give you medical advice, but I do have herpes and think I can answer you.

Technically, you can have sex anytime you like, that is your right.  So if you're asking whether you can now have sex without being contagious, the answer is that you can always be potentially contagious, even if your sores have healed.  

Yes, you can now have sex and it won't be as painful nor nearly as contagious as it would be when you're having an outbreak.  However, that doesn't mean you don't have to keep practicing safe sex and being aware of your body.  You should still use condoms, as you capable of transmitting herpes at any time, with or without symptoms.  

I suggest you check out the Genital Herpes Transmission, Prevention, and Dating and Relationships pages to learn more about protecting your partner.  

You don't have to stop having sex, you just have to be smart about sex.

PJ