DD (13) suffers from recurrent coldsores which primarily affect the whole of her nose and around/under her nostril(s) and has done since she was a baby (I'd happily throttle whoever gave her the initial infection - I don't have it so unsure who it was). Aside from the pain and irritation, the poor thing looks so awful with them, red bulbous nose with multiple blisters covering it. When she was younger she took them a lot more in her stride, but now she's a teenager she is incredibly embarrassed and refuses to leave the house. They leave a red mark for some weeks as well. She's been bullied recently which doesn't help her confidence either so is very worried about how her peers will react.
She is on daily prophylactic oral Aciclovir which keeps them at bay until she gets a cold and the virus rears it's ugly head again, at which stage she has to take 5 tablets a day for 5 days. But they don't really seem to have an effect on the severity or length of the outbreak.
She is at her wits end, as am I.
Has anyone else had any experience of these - do they grow out of them or was there any treatment that really helped? I hate that she takes medication daily (the doctor tried to wean her off but she started getting them all the time again so back on them she went), for a start they can damage your kidneys long term. She's had her immune system checked and all looks fine, so no idea why she is so badly affected.