Hi, i got a cold sore this weekend and need to get rid of it by Saturday when i'm bridesmaid for my best friend.
Is their anything cheap i can use to get rid of it quicker?
Thanks x
2007-09-24 04:52:00 · 18 answers · asked by Sharon Louise B 1 in Health ➔ Diseases & Conditions ➔ Skin Conditions
Get a tube of Zovirax and keep applying it every time it dries in to your skin! I know thats a desperate measure but you've a wedding to go to so for once, its justified! Also, cold used tea bags will take out the swelling. If it doesn't piss off by saturday, theres a pack of clear tiny little lip plasters, think its called compress or something like that ( ask your chemist coz i'm not 100% ) that are virtually invisible when you put them on, you can even put make up and lip stick over them! Enjoy your day.
2007-09-24 11:04:15 · answer #1 · answered by misstraceyrick 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Cure Cold Sores
or Herpes Simplex Type I Naturally?
2016-05-19 08:46:26 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
especially, the respond that i detect foremost to that question is a lot greater hassle-free than persons are making it, no offense, yet what I do (the chilly sore could be long previous interior of a million/2 an hour) is get a cotton exchange, drench it in water, then upload as lots salt as achieveable until eventually the water now no longer absorbs it, then (and it is painful) rub it violently (do no longer circulate nuts) against the chilly sore.
2016-10-05 06:54:06 · answer #3 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No there's nothing you can get to get rid of it quicker - but buy some zovorax cream from the chemist - hopefully it will have cleared up by Saturday.
2007-09-24 05:00:09 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Zovirax is the best I have used. You can get cheaper versions in most chemist shops, supermarkets and even in Poundland! As long as it contains Aciclovir as the active ingredient it will work just the same.
2007-09-24 05:01:28 · answer #5 · answered by welderette 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Zovirax
2007-09-24 04:56:39 · answer #6 · answered by wildrose 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I tried the zovirax and it didnt work I used perfume dabbed onto it, went in 3 days.
2007-09-24 04:57:42 · answer #7 · answered by milly 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Take L-Lysine there vitamins there are the best for cold sores.If you take 2 at every meal they will go away in a day or two! good luck
2007-09-24 06:38:14 · answer #8 · answered by mandy 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Herpes simplex virus (HSV-1) is what produces cold sores/fever blisters. Someone can be exposed to HSV-1 just by drinking from someone else's cup, used forks, sharing lip balm, and kissing an individual who is carrying herpes simplex virus. They may be fairly unpleasant blisters which may show up near the lip area, or even the inside of your mouth or nostril, elsewhere on the face, and in other regions on your skin.
They might flare up simply because of greater anxiety, the common cold, fever, winter weather, certain foods, or possibly excessive sunshine. The region may start to itch, burn, tingle, after which the sore may show up. The blister can dry up and produce a yellowish crusting. They might stick around from seven days to 2 weeks. You might try to hide the sore by using makeup, but that ordinarily helps make it even worse.
To do away with them, an individual may try covering them with a cold sore special ointment, apply lip balm with sun screen, use aloe vera, take echinacea, vitamins C and also E, as well as absolutely steering clear of coming in contact with the cold sore. By implementing several lifestyle changes, it is doable to reduce them plus stifle them from reoccurring.
2014-06-02 20:37:14 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Use some perfume. It will sting but dries up the sore pretty quickly. Good luck.
2007-09-24 04:56:55 · answer #10 · answered by SYJ 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋