Corn starch paste

Men’s after-shave.

WHEN YOU FEEL THAT FIRST LITTE BURNING SENSATION – AND YOU SEE A TINY RED DOT, TAKE Q-TIP AND PUT THE TIPPY-TIP INTO BLEACH. TOUCH ONLY THE COLD CORE AREA. YOUR COLD SORE WILL DISAPPEAR SHORTLY AND NOT COME OUT. BECAREFUL NOT TO BURN YOURSELF – I MADE THAT MISTAKE A FEW TIMES UNTIL I GOT THE KNACK OF IT. ONLY USE THE VERY TIP OF THE Q-TIP AND TOUCH JUST THE INFECTED AREA.

Abreva. This has been the cure for me. The moment I feel that little sore bud under the skin at my lip region, I begin a regimine of “A dab each hour will kill the power”. I’ve been using this medicine (found in any drug store) for a long time. I do not get the dreaded double, tripple and eventually quadruple headed lip explosions I used to get as a kid. Stress is the trigger for me. When I’m least prepared for lifes little detours I can be sure to have a visit from the simplex sired in hell. I have the little tubes (Comes in a small blue box with yellow trade symbols) everywhere. I carry one in the laptop bag, one in my locker at work, three strategically place throughout the house and another in the car as well as the camper. I’d rather be missing a foot for the duration I have to display what the ignorant public believes it’s a sign of an STD. I’ve had ‘em since before I was taught the difference between man and woman.

I use Vick’s Vapor Rub. Just put a touch of Vick’s on the sore three to four times a day and it will soon disappear.

Use Ice. My cold sore had just started, and it felt hot and sore so I tried ice just to sooth it. The next morning i discovered that the cold sore had stopped developing!!!

ICE!! Ice is amazing! I felt the cold sore coming so I put medicine on it all day. All it did was get bigger. The second day, right before bed, I put ice on it. In two ice cubes it went down very a lot. By morning it was hard to see.

I was told by my Uncle that back in the days, when they used to get cold sores they would ptu ear wax on it. I then tried that, the cold sore begin to get hard like a scab and it dried up within two days.

Anbesol, ice and nail polish remover. First wipe all moisture and pus off the cold sore. Wrap a piece of ice in a napkin and hold on the cold sore for 3 or 4 minutes. Then wipe all moisture off again. Dip the end of a q-tip in nail polish remover. Hold the q-tip on the sore for about 5 minutes. This will sting….ALOT! But just bear with it, this works, I promise. After you are done with the NPR, let the area dry for about ten mins, then put a little bit of anbesol on it. Repeat once an hour for about 5 hours a day. (or as much as you are able) in two days, the sore will be pretty much be gone! Just a little red dot will be where your huge cold sore was before. Good Luck!!

Kristen

This will sound really weird but the crystals that you can get from health food shops that people use as deodorant, well those crystals (smaller bits obviously) get rid of cold sores, you just wet the crystal and rub it on the cold sore, it dries it up really quickly cause of all the salts in it. It worked really well for me, I was skeptical as well when my mum bought it home for me but it really does work!

Put nail polish remover on the cold sore. It really works, mine went away in just two days!

Hand sanitizer works; it burns but it will dry it up in a couple of days.

Rubbing alcohol … put it only on the affected area! It works very good!

Nail polish works and ice and Carmex. I know this sounds gross but deodorant.

My son has been getting cold sores for years. We have always used Carmex. However his cold sores are getting worse and more painful the older he gets. I’m going to try the ice and see if that works. If you know of anything that is natural or safe for children please share.

before going to bed just have some toothpaste overit you will find it dry the next morning and stoped from developing trust me.

Do not try agent like Bleach. This is household agent and it CAN BURN YOUR SKIN RIGHT TRU !!!!!

DO THE SAFE METHOD–GO SEE DOCTOR !!!!

Whatever you used on the cold sores,YOU ARE ONLY SOLVING THE SYMPTOM !! BUT NOT THE ROOT CAUSE !! EVEN DRUGS ARE NOT EFFECTIVE !!!

Take ALPHA LIPID—COLOSTRUM WHICH IS VERY EFFECTIVE TO KILL THE HERPES SIMPLEX VIRUS !!!CAN USE IT AS A PASTE ON THE LIP OF THE COLD SORES !!!!

YOU CAN BUY FROM A COMPANY CALLED NEW IMAGE IN Singapore. Call operator 100 to give you the exact telephone number and the location.

Ice is brillant…!!! I had a cold sore for two days and I had no idea what to do and was afraid to leave the house, it was so bad…but then I put some ice on it and the pain went away. I let the whole lump dissolve, and used more ice every few hours. The cold sore has greatly decreased and it isn’t very noticeable, and I have only been using ice for a little over a day. I’m hoping it will be gone in another two days!
USE ICE!!!

use mens after shave because it drys it out and it just goes inyo a scab and then goes

I would always use the product called Releev its like $17.00 a bottle and the bottle is quite small but if you notice any tingling or bumps forming put it on right away and it shouldnt show up! However now that i am pregnant it is not recomended that pregnant women use it because it has not been tested on animals nor pregnant women. So i am hoping to try the ice and the salt thing. I havent had a flare up in over two years because of Releev but being pregnant brings down the immune system even more. Abreva is said to be ok but that stuff never worked for me. good luck and wish me luck!

just so everyone knows, i just tried the ice thing i held a cube on my lip until it was almost melted away ((very cold but worth it)) now my blister is smaller, less painful and i honestly can barley feel it! Give this a try before using any thing else, besides its free and in about 20mins im going to do it again until bed, i want this nasty thing gone by morning!

rubbing alcohol..it really does work..

Korners Cold sore Remedy and ice together. When i get that numb thingling sensation I put korners on and then ice, it seriously helps. I use to have a cold sore once a month and i haven’t had one in like 5 to 6 months. Korners is cheaper then abreava and it works way better. I think Abreava isn’t as good as it says it is. It works but not so effective. Korners is the way to go.

white vinegar. it stings but it dries it out 3x a day or more 2 days almost gone

Things to NOT do.
1. never touch it because when you do the virus is on your fingers infecting wherever you touch be sure to wash your hands!!
2.I tried acne treatment all it did was turn into discusting scabs and when i smiled it oozed contagious puss like things all around causing the sore to wrosen and get bigger
3.try to keep away from the sun although it may dry it out it causes it to reden and irritate the skin making it hard to do everyday things such as smile and as i said before smiling is the last thing you want to do if it dries out.
4.I was told that bandaids worked…mainly i used them to cover it up but it softened the sore making it harder to heal so it just stayed around.
5.I went to the dentist for teeth cleaning and told them about it and how its been going on for a while. i trusted them when they said “digging out the core would work” no it hurt like hell mad the sore huge and by irritating the core of the sore it mad eit swell massivley.

like many of you i’ve been going through the painfull humiliating battle of cold sores now for about 3 months i go to highschool so its difficult to hide it from everybody if theres anything that anyone knows to get rid of it very soon please let me know thanks! keep posting!!!

Preperation H the creamy kind not the greasy one. It works great and will go away in just a couple of days.

What u really want to do is keep them from even coming out! I read in a home remedy book to take L-Lysine 1000mg everyday, I take it and didn’t have any for a year, then I stopped and had a few that were small so I started taking again, it really works!

Salt Works!!! Sterilize a needle with hot water and then gently pop the blisters and wipe away the fluid. Dip your moist finger in salt and press firmly against the affected area for about 3 minutes. It will burn, but trust me, it is well worth it! I did it this morning, 2 hours ago, and the blister has already started to scab over. After it starts to scab, apply neosporin to make sure the scab heals properly!

What I’v found to work the best for me would be toothpaste. Take a Q-tip put toothpaste on tip and put on cold sore this works, it will burn a little but it works.

6-30-09 @ 10:03pm I’m trying out the nail polish remover… first i put ice, then nail polish remover and some abreva…. hopefully by tomorrow its gone.. ill update tomorrow.

FYI:
the freaking nail polish remover stings really bad, not at first but about one minute after.

7-1-09
Nail polish remover made my lip super swollen, one good thing is that the redness and apperance if it isnt as bad… except for the swelling which i’m eliminating with Ice….

Wouldnt do nail polish again because this was super swollen

Here’s just about everything you need to know about cold sores.

Ok, so I’ve been researching a lot about cold sores lately and found that:
Cold sores are usually triggered by
Stress
Sunlight
High Winds
Feeling Run-Down
Lack of Sleep
Being sick (Low immune system functionality = change in PH Balance, which the process of an outbreak of cold sores is very sensitive to)
Dieting (see right below)

Cold sores in a way feed off of Arginine (a substance made in the body) which fuels the outbreak.
Lysine (not made naturally by the body, has to be ingested) bonds with Arginine and mutates it in a way so that it can’t be used by the body to produce cold sores.

Picture a 2-Liter bottle labeled Lysine and Arginine Only. Certain foods contain Arginine, so when you eat these foods, it contributes to this 2-Liter bottle which contributes to the cold sore. When you take L-Lysine tablets, you fill the 2-Liter bottle with Lysine, which acts as described above.

It is recommended to take 1000-3000 (I usually opt for 3000, 2 Tablets 3 times a day) during an outbreak or when you feel an outbreak of a sore (tingling) coming on. A good way to avoid cold sores altogether is to take one or two 500 mg tablets of Lysine every day, almost religiously.

Now for all of the people who are looking for an immmediate way to get rid of a cold sore because something big is coming up and you don’t want that embarassing, sometimes awkward bump on your lip (or because you’re lips are covered with cold sores or a huge cold sore that you wouldn’t dare show your face in public with, don’t worry, I’m like that too.) For all these people, I’d like to say, if you’re going to follow this method, be ready for pain. Follow this method if it’s really worth it to you.

Take 2 Tablets of L-Lysine (it just helps).
Take a small petri dish and have out Lemon Juice (or a lemon), Salt, Garlic (very, very necessary), and if you can stand the smell, Apple Cider Vinegar, though it is not really needed (it’s mainly for the people who say certain remedies don’t work for them; one of these is bound to work for you).

This series of steps is what did it for me, but hey, No Pain, No Gain. And somebody said this as I was searching about cold sores. If you want real results, very quickly, you’ll have to do real work for it.
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Crush up the garlic (one clove) in the petri dish into small pieces. Use a spoon to smash it up as much as you can. It is ideal to make it into a kind of paste, but just do as much as you can. Then take the lemon/lemon juice and either squeeze the juice onto the garlic, or pour 5-10 drops onto the garlic based on what you have. Next you can add a little bit of Apple Cider Vinegar, but I had to plug my nose in order to put that stuff on my face (plus it was mixed with lemon juice..such a weird smell!).
Finally, sprinkle the salt into the mixture, and well, mix it up with a spoon or something. Put it on a cotton ball/swab and sprinkle a little bit more “fresh” salt onto it, and shake off whatever doesn’t stick on.

Set this off to the side.

Get 1 Ice Cube and melt it all the way on the cold sore.
If the cold sore seems “bubbly” use a sterilized needle and carefully poke at it until some of the water/puss runs out of it, with a cloth ready to dab at it.

Now, take you’re cotton swab of pain and press it directly on the cold sore with a good amount of pressure. I had one of those huge, Oh man!!!, cold sores, and this was one of the most painful things I’ve endured (I’m only in high school though). It was like salt on an open flesh wound (though, technically, it kind of was, and was probably worse). I held it on for 10 solid, timed minutes, and again for the same time two hours later. It was horrible. It stung, burned, and was like acid for most of the 10 minutes. However, the results were amazing. Before the 10 minutes, it was a bubbly, puss-filled, horrible cold sore covering half of my upper lip. Afterwards, it was amazingly better. Only 10 minutes, and my family noticed a huge difference. It dried up instantly, and looked like more of a big red mark than a full-blown cold sore. I really wanted to have it gone overnight, so I did it again later.

At night, put toothpaste on it and get a good night’s rest.
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If the pain is really too much, maybe try taking Alleve to ease the stinging a bit, for the ice too.

Also, the main thing that you’re doing here for having a cold sore heal (there really is no curing a cold sore, since it’s a virus) is to expose the cold sore, dry it out, it will scab over (be really dry and if you smile, it cracks and maybe bleeds), and then keep it moist while it is scabbed, so that it doesn’t crack and bleed. Once you’ve dried out the cold sore, you can use chapstick, vaseline (haven’t tried it myself, but a lot of people says it works), or who knows what else to keep it moist. A few weird ones I found (the first one I’ve tried and it works pretty well) were Ear Wax and Urine. Naturally, I steered away from the second one. Who would put urine on their mouth?

Here’s another thing to note: Cold sores thrive in *warm* and *moist* environments. That’s why you keep it cool and dry using ice and the Lemon Juice, salt, and Garlic. The only reason why you keep it moist after it dries is that it’s pretty much already healed, you just want to let it heal nicely the rest of the way; cracks and blood doesn’t really help that.

Well, that should have cleared up some confusion about cold sores, sorry I didn’t cite my sources, but whatever.

The above is about 2 hours of web browsing condensed into a pretty long comment

There’s my 2 cents

I know that it sounds gross but ear wax does dry up a cold sore. I’ve had them since I was little.

L-lysine also works. I usually take 3 pills a day/500mg each. I’ve used this for 4 years and did not get a cold sore. Then I stopped taking them and they came back. I have one right now that I got two days ago. I’m taking the pills but I’m also trying the ice and salt as I type this. I’m going to try the toothpaste before I go to bed tonite.

I’ve tried alcohol before and it does help, but it makes the sore turn an ugly gray. I don’t know if I’m ready for the bleach or the nail polish remover yet!

But my suggestion would be the ear wax which is a sure winner and the L-lysine pills.

I get one every year during the summer and last year i tried salt and it worked ok.

So far I’ve put on a cold sore cream, tea tree oil (which actually made it swollen and grow) and now I’m trying bleach. If the bleach doesn’t start to work then its on the lemon juice/garlic/salt concoction, and toothpaste before bed!

when you feel a cold sore or fever blister coming on,whitch i can. your lip will itch or tingle. i put hand sanitizer on it 3 or 4 times a day & 99.9 % of the time you will not get one.

The minute you feel a fever blister coming on, take strong laxative. Works every time.

Alcohol works wonders! The more you apply it the quicker it will disappear.

Nesporin LP (Lip treatment) works really great. Ice is also a great one when you feel it coming on

I’m sorry that should say Neosporin LT, the LT is for lip treatment. It’s first aid for lips. Works great.

After the cold sore has dried, you can put Vitamin E oil or the oil from a Vitamin E capsule. The oil helps the cold sore to heal and keeps it from cracking.

Also Drink plenty of Water to flush out toxins. ice works very well. Peroxide draws out the impurities if it is already oozing

I get cold sores alot and every time I try a medicine specifically for cold sores they get BIGGER and increase in number. I never had more than 2 until I used abreva and then my WHOLE mouth broke out I went to the Dr one time with only one on my lip and she gave me a pill and the next morning there were 5.. after that I realized that the medications have the opposite effect on me so I stopped looking for a medicinal remedy and went with just leaving it alone.. most times if i keep it dry it dries up and disappears, but then there are the ones that are just determined to stay around. I tried ice.. I think it works good.. the swelling goes down, it feels better, and the cold sore leaves sooner, not quickly, but sooner than it normally would. I get them about every 2-3 months… its getting really annoying.

For those who have tried remedies and they only made them worse, I would recommend Denavir cream. It’s a prescription, so you would need to see a doctor to get it, but it’s worth it. I’ve tried so many treatments, natural remedies(including L-Lysine), prescriptions, but they all made the cold sores 10x worse! Denavir work’s amazingly! As soon as I get a cold sore I put it on and within hours I could barely notice I had them.

I get cold sores about three or for times a year and when I do the best thing to do for me is to cut of the scab then dig out the core after thet I apply hand sanitizer once every 20 minutes for around 2 hours then apply ice for 15 minutes it works great and my cold sore is gone in 2 or 3 days

My boyfriend got rid of his cold sore in just 2 days. Although I dont know if I’d do what he did. He put GermX on it and also Lysol (he got spray on his finger and rubbed it on his lip) It was gone in 2 days.

I got my cold sore yesterday. Since then I have scoured the internet for remedies. I have taken over 2500 mg of lysine, i tried soaking it with cold milk, i drank milk and potatoes all day, I drank lots of water, I’ve been taken ibuprofen and icing it on and off all day. today I got more desperate as it seemed to just be getting bigger. I tried nail polish remover three times, no change. i tried mouthwash on it, no change. I tried the garlic/salt/lemon/vinegar paste, for 10 minutes, it is now even MORE swollen. I let an entire ice cube melt on it and it is somehow even BIGGER! The top right half of my lip is so swollen solid, it is even swollen on the INSIDE! I am scared and upset and I wish some of these techniques had worked for me. I’ve already missed a night of work and now I am going to miss at least a few more days. If it is still this swollen in the morning I’ll be going to the hospital. It is swollen to more then double its size and it hurts so badly it feels like it will burst. I’m scared

melissa = no wonder its swollen! try one of two different rememdys a day, if you go overboard with applying everything and byour skin can’t cope, how do you think perfectly healthy skin would react to that long list of stuff you did to it in one day? it would swell up!!

h peroxide dab with a q tip 3times…3-5 times a day or much as you want..it works great..it will dry out in 3-5 days…good luck

Thanks for all the info. I’ve had my cold sore for 2days now I went to work yesterday cause it wasn’t bad, but when I woke up this morning it was oozing a little and turning white( I’m black) so it a lot more noticable. I’m going to ice my lip now… My cold sore always flare up after I have dental work done only on the right side of my mouth for some strange reason. I did apply medicated cream I forgot the name but. Think it made it way worse. Thanks again.

Hi, i have been getting cold sores for about 5 years and i have an outbreak once a year. 2 weeks ago i started feeling the tingling sensation and i noticed it after i took a shower and i touched my lip. The odd thing about my situation is that a bump had never occured. Usually when i have an outbreak, when i first notice, shortly after a bump occurs and then it runs it course. Well, over 2 weeks later i still have this sensation on my lip when i touch it, but there is no bump at all! I have searched all over the internet to see if someone else has had this happen and i have found nothing! It makes me think that this is not a cold sore at all, but what is it? I am so confused. I want to kiss my boyfriend, but i wont do it as long as i have this feeling on my lip. My lips look completely normal, i just have this sensation on the spot where i always have a cold sore outbreak. I always break out in the same spot so thats what made me think i was getting a cold sore. Anyone have any suggestions? Suggestions would be much appreaciated!

Help this helps and gets rid of the white cream…Ja ja ja ja