What's the quickest and most effective way to help a cold sore?

Question

I've had my eye on a guy for a long time now, and he's sitting next to me now! Unfortuanately, I've chosen this great time to develop a massively icky coldsore on the side of my mouth. Help! What is the quickest way to minimize the redness and ache before I scare him away?

EDIT:
And by "sitting next to me now" I mean that his seat has been moved next to mine in a class at school. I can't expect a fix to work THAT quickly. ;)

Answer 1

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

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.nextag.com/Herb-Pharm-Olive-Leaf-66659849/prices-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 what I went through...and it's now been 3 YEARS since I've had one!

I've been in the Alternative Medicine field for some time now, and offer individualized consultations:

http://www.kasamba.com/Wellness-Coach

Answer 2

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Answer 3

At the first sign of the itchiness or tingling apply one of the cold sore medications. They are somewhat expensive, around $12, but to me, it was well worth the price. The cold sore did
not last as long as usual and it helped take the pain away.

Answer 4

Camphophenic medication, if it is on the outside of your mouth. It will sting really bad at first but it works really well.