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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.