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Cold sore removed with Nail Polish Remover

The fastest, most effective way to get rid of a cold sore that I have found is constant application of acetone based nail polish remover. Apply hourly with a Q-tip and then cover with Abbreva.

Take care not to get the cold sore wet and immediately upon exiting the shower dry it with the nail polish remover and the Abbreva. This should dry it out within 24 hours.


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It works Comments By: Rachel on 2010-02-25
I dont get cold sores ofter maybe once a year. But when I get them it basically takes over my lip. I tried the acetone and its the third day and its pretty much healed what a life saver. When I try abreva it takes two weeks. The acetone defintely worked for me.
 
OMFG Comments By: Demichael on 2010-03-09
Omg I woke up wit diz huge dinosaur on my lip so I didn't go to cuz u no who would but anyway all day I tried 2 find a way to get rid of the monster, I mean I tried herpecon to toothpaste n nothin really helped. So when the day was almost done I tried diz lil remidy n after 20 min redness dissapered n inch has stopped!!!!!!!!! Quick n easy p.s num lipps wit ice b4 cuz nail polish remover hurts lik hell!!!!!!
 
eep Comments By: Katherine on 2010-03-10
So i tried this today....i always seem to get a coldsore right when i start dating a new guy. I dont know if its because i get stressed out or what not...but its so annoying! i just met a new one last week, we have only been out twice...and boom i wake up with a monster the size of north america on my lip.

Just wondering tho, if anyone is around on this and can offer me some help...when i put it on and it scabbs over, is it a better idea to just leave the scabs and what not there, or should i take em off? also...is this super bad for my lips, causeid rather deal with a coldsore for 10 days, then have no lips! hahah

Appears to be working tho, just got it this morning and its already at the dirty scab stage! hahaha (usually day 4 or 5)

 
QUESTION Comments By: -Erika on 2010-03-15
are supposed to pop the blisters first and then apply the nail polish remover? so far, i just dabbed a cotton ball with the remover and pressed it against my lip. its burns like hell but it reduced the size. i have a date thursday and i really don't wanna cancel :(
 
scabbing stage Comments By: heather on 2010-03-17
Does anyone suggest anything for the scabbing stage. Used the nail polish remover up until this point but am scared that using it now would just burn the scab off and start the whole process again. Also nervous to put a moisturizer on it in case that has a bad effect. Have had this monster for 4 days and REALLY need get rid of it :(
 
Big Pharma will NOT like this... Comments By: Herpes Free on 2010-03-22
because for a 50 cent bottle of this stuff you can DESTROY cold sores.
 
just used nail polish remover... Comments By: Maya on 2010-04-02
i didn't have ice so i had to compromise.. i let the tap run until it became very cold and kept putting cotton swabs under it and pressing it to my lip. then i sterilized a sewing needle and popped the blister. it was at that yellow-ish soft stage and once i pressed down with a kleenex to get the pus out, the whole thing fell off. i just continued and put nailpolish remover on the cold sore. then i applied toothpaste to it and left it on. i hope it works! im going out for easter in two days and i at least want to minimize the appearance of it. i'll write back and let you all know if it worked! :)
 
cold sore and nail polish remover Comments By: Kat on 2010-04-03
Okay..I worked out during the day and took a shower as soon as i came out a huge coldore was on the top of my lip. so i used abreva and come to find out 2 hours later the sore was HUGE!!! so i went on line to google and found diff pages talking about home remedies! the ice works and i was a bit skeptical about the nail polish remover but I'm so desperate so here i am talking aboout this, so i did the needle and the whole soaking. within minutes it started to burn but its 933pm and it started to dry out. it works. will keep doing it again and fallow up.. so happy!
 
IT WORKS!!! Nail polish remover!! Comments By: Kat on 2010-04-03
I started this at 933pm using a sterile needle and dipping it in acetone. I cleaned the area where the cold sore is at with alcohol then pushed out the fluid with the needle and applied acetone. it is now 1025 pm and i did the process 3 times with in the hour and my cold sore has dried up!! its a bit red but Ill tell you this this really works. will keep doing the same thing till the next day! thank you soooooo much!!!
 
Ive been getting cold sores for years!!! Comments By: T on 2010-04-09
And the past few years they have recently gotten worse and Ive seen to be getting cold sore after cold sore whenever they decide to break out...they hurt more than anything and ive seen the npr comments for a while now and never tried it!! I'm just starting to get one and also getting over one on my lip but now gettingone above my lip!! I just put the npr on it and it stung a little but nothing big!! Well see what happens......
 



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