2007-02-02 00:44:30 · 14 answers · asked by Anonymous in Health ➔ Diseases & Conditions ➔ Skin Conditions
Carmex is best. Cheap too. Apply it when you "feel" one coming on and it won't come as bad if at all.
2007-02-02 00:50:14 · answer #1 · answered by Shari 5 · 1⤊ 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.ht...
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 !!!
2007-02-05 09:48:16 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Table salt will also work. Dissolve table salt in a warm water then gargle. Putting the salt directly to the sore will hurt BUT it may be more effective than the gargle. Hope this helps. God bless
2007-02-02 19:36:27 · answer #3 · answered by justurangel 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Definitely Zovirax (called aciclovir in usa i think)
Ever since I started using it I don't seem to break out with cold sores half as often as I used to, and it definitely speeds up the healing process when I do get them.
2007-02-02 11:28:26 · answer #4 · answered by riffyxraff 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Myrrh tincture works great. Alternatively i take zinc and vitamin c capsules daily which has enormously reduced the amount of cold sores i get and how severe they are. Been taking them for several years and wont stop them now!
2007-02-02 08:52:37 · answer #5 · answered by mustlovedogs0 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Zorvirax. It works honest. In an emergency as soon as you feel the tingle put aftershave on it then get some Zovirax
2007-02-02 08:52:44 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
i ve tried zovirax and it made my sore s worse now when i feel the tingly sensation i use aproduct called "brush off" its iodine based and it clears them up quickly.try preventative stuff like a good diet full of vitamins c d and e as these will help build up your immunity and help your skin heal faster.
2007-02-05 17:31:02 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
As soon as you feel one coming on, place a ice cube directly on it, wait until it begins to hurt, then pull it off.. do this until some of the pain begins to fade when you apply the ice..
This helps to deaden the nurve that is inflamed..
2007-02-02 09:15:01 · answer #8 · answered by tiny b 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
abreeva will works really good..another thing u can do and burns like hell but fingernail polish remover dab a little on the affected area and it will dry up and scab over takes like three days for both of these remedys..
2007-02-02 08:55:02 · answer #9 · answered by jackalotus 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋
the last time i had coldsores they were quite bad went to the doctors and he gave me some tablets which are zovirax worked great and also stops future outbreaks
2007-02-05 18:25:03 · answer #10 · answered by sha23z 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋