Shingles?

A former action actor, 70 y.0., turns himself in for arrest procedures at a notorious prison in a Southern state (See image. Any similarities to living individuals is simply coincidental.) Actor is reluctant to take off his wig as requested by prison official because of the sever scalp pain, accompanied by a significant rash, that he has been enduring for several days. He claims to have had sensations of tingling or itching, then the symptoms developed into a full-blown headache accompanied by a fever and upset stomach. Symptoms started after a wild trip to New York, interrupted by a side jaunt to Los Angeles. He does not remember much of what he did, but people tell him he was partying hard for about a week after being selected for a new movie role. When the jail physician asks the actor to further describe the pain, thespian states he has had the pain and rash previously at the same location, but not as severe. When pressed, actor brags that he avoided childhood diseases except chickenpox, and excluding for the ones his parents had him take as a child to prevent polio and other contagious childhood diseases, he avoids vaccinations. The physician immediately thinks of shingles affecting the area served by the ophthalmic division of the trigeminal nerve. If this nerve is indeed the cause for the rash and severe pain, which marked location indicates the exit of the nerve from the cranial vault?

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