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Cold sores. Vick's Vaporub for a cold sore

At the first tingling sign of a cold sore/fever blister I rub in Vick's several times a day. This usually prevents further development of the blister. I use the salve at night before bedtime and hardly ever get those dreadful sores. I used to have them too much before using the salve.

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does it work? Comments By: Andy I am trying this vicks thing right now, I've never had a cold sore before. I had a fever yesterday and now im getting a fever blister and i wanted to know if this really works.   Here-here Comments By: Carmen I used to get CS very often - but now i make a point of getting enuf rest, water, veggies and exercise - also avoiding over-exposure to the sun. But when they the tingling does start, i apply vicks vapour rub and take a disprin/pain killer it disappears within a few hours   Works great Comments By: Amber Vicks really does work, i never thought about using it before this last blister.... prom is in 2 days (from now) and about 2 days ago i started gettiong one, though i still have it i just started puttiong the vicks on last night but there is already a huge difference...   doesn't work Comments By: Lulu I use Vick's vaporub instead of lip balm everyday. I still get fever blisters and they last forever   Works wonders Comments By: Jamie I can't believe how great this works. I still get the blister but it's a lot smaller. Recently, I wasn't able to catch it at the tingle, and I got a huge blister. It's only been 4 days and it's almost gone!   I thought I was the only one Comments By: Maya I only get occasional cold sores - maybe one per year - but I stumbled on to this trick a few years ago and it really does seem to help keep the sore under control. My evidence is completely anecdotal, of course, but catching an outbreak early (during the "tingle" stage) and applying the vaporub seems to make the length of the outbreak shorter, and the symptoms more mild. Or, if you've got a fully-blown cold sore, you can put it on and it will tingle a LOT but it seems to also make things heal faster.   Works! Comments By: Lisa Totally works, and I stumbled upon it by accident. I notices that one of my regular lip balms sort of smelled a bit like vicks, and I compared ingredients. Lo and behold, vicks is just a stronger version of my lip medex.   IT IS AWESOME Comments By: Olivia I have had a really bad cold sore for the last 3 days and have put vicks on it last night and it has gone down overnight by more than half the size!   Miracle worker Comments By: Beth I used to get really bad coldsores. Huge, gruesome blisters that made me feel so disgusting that I actually skipped school sometimes. In desperation, I tried every remedy I found on the internet - even the earwax one! The Vicks one is the only one that's worked for me, though. I used to get these massive blisters once or twice a year, but since starting to use Vicks six years, I haven't had a visible one since. I never really minded the scabs - it was the blisters I hated, and Vicks dries them out quickly, before they become visible. I haven't even had a visible scab since, the blister seems to just dry into nothing. I just rub it on the coldsore several times a day.