Regarding cold sores...

[MaryMotherOfCheeses]

DH has raved so much about Compeed patches that I thought I'd come on here and recommend them.

He had a whole cluster of them on his lip, and the patches stopped the scab from forming, so you could hardly see they were there.

Expensive, but very good.

(I don't work for them... )

[blondissimo]

I have got one on at the moment as I seem to permanently be run down and getting one after the other. IMO, they are ok, but not amazing - are you meant to keep the patch on all the time? I find that it feels ok til I take the patch off, and then immediately it starts throbbing.
So I've actually answered my own question there haven't I !!!