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cold sore remedy- salt & SIZZLE

Submitted by Natasha

MOISTEN finger, dip in table salt (salt & calcium silicate), press on affected area for 30-60 seconds and dab salt off with a disposable, moistened napkin. Do this for two days as needed, or until the blister is dried up.

I just tried this for the first time tonight and it works very well to reduce swelling and dries up the blister. The salt dip is painful at first, but has drastically reduced the size and pain. Make sure to moisten the sore with Neosporin (with Lidocaine) once the sore starts becoming a "scab".

This will help reduce the possibility of scars and reduce the pain and itching associated. Using a non-petroleum based lip moisturizer, such as Rocky Mtn. Lip Balm with sunscreen helps when you do not have an undelightful cold sore session.

Sun is a leading cause of cold sores, so using this takes care of two things at once when trying to prevent this HORRIFIC ANNOYANCE! Good luck and keep smiling, even if your lip does crack.

Visitors comments

Works pretty well Comments By: Pat New York

I'm 23 years old and this is my third cold sore. I've been using salt on the sore the last three days and i've noticed a great improvement in the size of the cold sore

Salt for cold sores Comments By: Stephanie

Putting salt on the cold sore, like described here, was the best thing I have ever tried; my cold sore surfaced on Tuesday, the swelling was gone by Wednesday, and scabbed over and very small by Friday. Thanks

horrible do not do this Comments By: Carol

I read everywhere trying to find a quick fix for my cold sore. Found out about the salt. Put the salt on a few times when the coldsore was still blistered. Next day blisters were gone but so was all my skin underneth and around the cold sore so it turned from a cold sore to an open wound on my face.

Looks as if It burnt the skin or ate away at it. Just put creams that you find in the store. Valtrex works good but you have to take 2 times a day for at least 4 days or the cold sore will come back hince what happened to me.

WORKS WONDERS!! Comments By: Miss QTee

I had a cold sore surface on a Wednesday and my co-worker suggested that I use salt. Well later that day I saw a difference in the size (smaller). By Friday, it was healed and only a small scar was remaining, which eventually went away. THANKS BE TO GOD FOR SALT!!!

BURNED!!! Comments By: Jessica

It really burned!!! Im not sure if it works yet or not..I have done it twice today...it seems to be eating at my lip! Long story short...don't do it if you can't handle the burn!

I am sure it works Comments By: Jennifer

Neosporin is the top remedy that most people have in their household. It does prevent scarring as well.I live in Florida and I was boating in the salt water and some spashed my lip and it was unbeleivably painful.Usually my cold sores last at least 10 while using Abreva,but the salt immediatly stopped the swelling and it scabbed the next day.When the happened it was only two days into my cold sore.

COLD SORE HEALER FOR SCABBED OVER SORES! Comments By: JEN

I was a little too chicken to try to salt remedy, so I decided to scan my cupboard...I found a bottle of tea tree oil and dabbed some on..ok, dabbed alot on...this stuff smells really bad, but it really works!!! My sore was about five or six blisters combined that had already scabbed over. About two hours after applying the tea tree oil I could visibly see it had shrunk!!!! After the second application several hours later, even more shrinkage!! End result, completely gone two days later!! YAY! and it didn't burn!