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Cold Sores and Isoprophyl alcohol

Submitted by Wil

When you first feel the tingle put on 70% Isoprophyl alcohol right away this will stop the cold sore from forming quick!

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This isnt true Comments By: Anon

This isnt true I done it and now my mouth is blistered big time. I had to got to the Dr. It looks like a gaint bump hanging on my lip.

Isoprophyl alcohol Comments By: Chrissy age 14

Alcohol does work, when I first got my fever blister I poped all the little blisters and then I put rubbing alcohol on it like a bunch of times a day and now its a scab. It worked with in one day, but don't pop it because I'm lucky it didn't spread.

It worked like a Champ. Comments By: Canibus

This is probably the best remedy, however, I also used petroleum jelly to seal in the alcohol to make it most effective... The way I applied the alcohol was with a Q-Tip, constantly over a 2 day period. Great remedy.....

yes that does work however .. Isoprophy alchohol is poisonous Comments By: io

I have found this to work in my experimental days but I'd be afraid to recommend this since it's poisonous .. I found that alcohol (sake, wiskey, etc - anything really strong and not sugary) works almost equally well..

definitely works Comments By: anon

yep, i've been doing this for a while--it definitely works--they won't get any worse once you start putting alcohol on, just make sure you do it like 5 times a day with a q-tip and put on some polysporin or antibacterial creme after.

Tried and True Remedy Comments By: RJMcMillan

I've been using rubbing alcohol on cold sores for years. As soon as I feel one coming, I start dabbing alcohol on it as many times a day as I can. Usually, withing 2 days it's completly gone, if it even comes at all.

I Love This Techniqe Comments By: Anon

I have had a cold sore for almost 2 months every time one would go away another would pop up, so i finally decided to try doing something, and i love it worked so much quicker than just letting it heal on its own, id say maybe 2-4 days, i would put alcohol on it to dry it out and kill the virus on the outter part, and then put abreva on it after that and id repeat this 5-6 times throughout the day and then at night clean it with alcohol and then using a "true" aloe vera plant i have i would coat it with that, makin sure it was caked on there and it healed so much quicker alcohol does work, but not alone.

Valtrex is the only think that works Comments By: herpetologist

Whereas cold sores used to last for 2 weeks, but taking the two-shot Valtrex treatment AS SOON AS YOU FEEL THE TINGLE and long before the blisters form, you can have your cold sore NEVER APPEAR. Amazing and well worth the $40 the Valtrex costs.

alcohol does work Comments By: Anon

I have been using alcohol for a few years now on cold sores and it does work. I also use alot of chapstick with aloe & sunscreen in it everyday to help prevent them. I only have a few outbreaks a year.

ANYTHING THAT DRIES Comments By: Hank

I have about 2 or 3 outbreaks a year and usually one very large sore. The Amish natural cure for them is Apple cider Vinegar - which dries them really well. Anything that keeps them dry will make it quicker - but nothing cures them!

Alcohol Comments By: Tyler

yes alcohol works! but you just cant only use alcohol on cold sores, you need a cream like abreva which works really well. kill the germs with the alcohol then apply abreva or some kind or cream to help help. do this about 3-5 times a day. also very important, do not touch your cold sore, IT WILL SPREAD! clean your hands through out the day and use hand sanitizer. do this and in about 2-4 days your cold core will be gone.

AMAZING blog on isopropyl alcohol killing a cold sore Comments By: Danny

I ran across this blog a few weeks ago talking about the prolonged use of isopropyl alcohol zapping out a cold sore and tried the treatment. With out a doubt, it’s the most effective program I came across - period. The blog is called "How to kill a cold sore in one day" by Lab Rat v-Ki-ras2. Here are two links to the same blog.

http://cureacoldsore.blogspot.com/

http://killacoldsore.blogspot.com/