i had a cold sore now its a scab how do i get ride of the scab fast dude and how long will it take
2007-01-27 13:43:40 · 5 answers · asked by Anonymous in Health ➔ General Health Care ➔ First Aid
Try putting on different types of healing creams like Vaseline or the Neo-sporn. (i cant spell for nothing) It should clear up. Just dont pick at it like my friend does. It gets kind of gross.
2007-01-27 13:55:04 · answer #1 · answered by World Leader 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I REALLY wanted you to know that you can EASILY never have to deal with another horrible, awful, nasty cold-sore for the rest of your life!!
I got them every winter my whole life until 3 years ago (I'm 36 now) and they were the BANE of my existence...the whole process took weeks to heal and would leave a scar for at least 2 months sometimes!
I was reading a message board on www.curezone.org and discovered the PERFECT remedy for both healing them and preventing them completely:
OLIVE LEAF EXTRACT
http://curezone.com/foods/oliveleaf.html
So, I buy the liquid tincture by "HerbPharm" and it has not failed me ONCE...Whenever I'm feeling drained, tired, stressed, or get that tingly feeling on my lip, I just load up on this stuff.
This is the one I buy: http://www.myvitanet.com/olleafex1ozh.html
You can also get Olive Leaf at Whole Foods Market, and other natural food stores.
Very cheap.
The first time I tried it, I was actually halfway into a major eruption and I drank a bunch of the extract in some water.
AS I WAS DRINKING the stuff down, I could feel the swelling on my lip shrinking...I was in such shock--I ran to the mirror--it was shrinking before my eyes and within ten minutes my lip had returned to NORMAL...I began kissing the bottle of Olive Leaf...yeah, I really did!!
I had tried everything in the past...I can't begin to tell you the WARS I had with these evil sores!
Well, I can finally say: I WON !!!
2007-01-27 22:55:50 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
You can try to use something that might dry it up. Maybe Seabreeze or something containing alcohol. Don't pick at it because a new scab will form and that will slow the healing process.
It will probably be a few days before it is completely gone.
2007-01-27 21:54:28 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
vaseline..
each day..put some on the scab..it will soften it up give it about 2 days or so..then slowly peel the scab off..
sounds gross maybe..
but it works..
2007-01-27 21:53:27 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Leave it alone (no picking, that will make it last longer).
You can put a very small dab of petroleum jelly (vaseline) on it to keep it moist and encourage healing.
Other than that, time has to do its job.
2007-01-27 21:51:47 · answer #5 · answered by Lisa the Pooh 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋