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Belladonna, the unique and popular porn performer whom I profiled earlier this year , shocked fans last week when she blogged (myspace.com) that she would no longer be performing.

Her announcement came after she returned home from the set of a movie and discovered an enormous rash on her ass. Her doctor told her it was probably a herpes outbreak, but he'd test it to be sure. Belladonna knew she had herpes; she had contracted it five years ago while working in porn. For her, it was the tipping point: Until now, she had only experienced outbreaks on her labia, but what if the herpes spread to her ass, her mouth, and other parts of her body? On the one hand, she's not alone: Some insiders think that nearly every performer has herpes. But in another sense, she's all alone. Her post shined a light on one thing no one wants to talk about in porn.
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