how can you tell the difference between a pimple on your lip and a cold sore?

Question

because i have one and im worried

Answer 1

either one will resolve with time, but the primary difference is that a pimple is a bacterial infection that produces pus, while a cold sore is a viral infection and will not produce pus. A cold sore produces a large water filled blister, or many small ones, while a pimple (that usually doesn't form on the lips) is a hard knot that when squeezed will produce pus.

Answer 2

they actually both feel the same when their coming in, but a cold sore will start to spread and if you mess with it at all it will protrude from your lip and then fill up with liquid. what you need to do is buy abraiva and keep it in your wallet if you feel that itch come on immediately put some on, even if it is a pimple at least you don't chance it, because an untreated a cold sore can last up to 2 freakin' weeks!

Answer 3

NATURAL ACNE PROTOCOL
1/ Never, ever touch your face.
2/ Use 3 facecloths to wash your face, one to soap on, one to soap off with very hot water, one to rinse off with ice cold water, in that order, once a day.
3/ If you are under 18 take 5,000 IU of vitamin A once a day with a full meal
4/ If you are over 18 take 5,000 IU of vitamin A twice a day with a full meal.
Do not get pregnant while taking vitamin A. Do not take any more, like Accutane, it will stop you growing.
5/ Never, ever. pick, squeeze or pop your spot. Read number 1 again.
6/ Do this for 90 days.
7/ Invest in a brand new pillow and 2 new or more pillow cases to �double bag' your pillow. HOT wash every couple of days.
Source:
A bit of advice given to me as a teenager, a bit of science as I am studying allergic reactions and vitamin A is a part of that. A bit of research: I sat in a lecture at the back and watched the acne prone pick at their faces, those with the worse acne touched their faces 32 times in an hour, the clearest complexions didn't touch their faces even once. I have circumstantial evidence that acne is the result of dermatophyte transfer from hands to face...where it does not get washed off and is well fed by hormones, sweat a
nd oil...just a hypothesis... But it would explain why vitamin A is so effective as vitamin causes skin to remove dermatophytes.

The secret is never to touch the spots

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Answer 4

I dont think you can get pimple on your lip...so therefore its most likely cold sore or cankersore. if the sore located deep underneith your lower or upper lip with white small circle in the middle then its cankersore. you can buy abesol gel at walgreen or riteaid or market which works great.

Answer 5

if you have a cold sore medication and you put it on your pimple or coldsore and the coldsore or pimple went away . that was probably a coldsore .