I have been getting cold sores since I don't even know. I always hated them they put down my self esteem. I was always afraid that I wouldn't find a guy that would accept me with them. So I have tried using pills and creams to make them disappear but they never really worked.
So I tried using hand sanatizer. It dries the cold sore right up. I usually pop the blister before applying it so that it can really get into the sore. I do this a tleast 3 times a day till it heals.
The following was sent in by Haley
I have suffered from cold sores since I was a small child. I have heard lots of home remedies and tried many medications but nothing seemed to work for me until I came across something on the internet. My sore was so bad, my entire left side of my lips were too swollen for me to even eat. Every time I opened my mouth or smiled it cracked open and bled. It had become a giant black scab. I had a big event in a day and a half and was DESPERATE to get rid of it. I iced it until the entire ice cube was melted, then I mixed up a paste of vitamin C powder (like EmergenC or a vitamin C tablet crushed up) and maximum strength non-acetone nail polish remover along with a lot of salt. I put the paste on my sore with a q-tip and let it sit until the stinging and tingling stopped (10-15 minutes) then I rinsed it off and iced it again.
You can repeat this as many times as necessary but I only did it twice, one right after the other. And within a half-hour it was almost un-noticable!!! This sounds too good to be true but for someone like myself who has suffered for 20 years, it was literally a miracle! I really hope this remedy can help others as much as it has myself.
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