Your best coldsore remedies please - have works do at weekend!!!

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Aaargh can you believe it! Have woken with coldsore tingle this morning on top lip and have dh work do FRiday!!!

Just bought some L - lysine tablets last week but didnt take them juat incase it brought one out !!!!

Whaf are your best solutions of stopping it in its tracks or getting it to stop renting you lip asap?

THanks xxx

Tea tree oil works best for me. It stinks a bit but worth it. Just dab it on every hour or so and the majority if times it never amounts to a full blown sore.

Thanks strawberries - can i get that from a chemist x

Yes most chemists and supermarkets will stock it. It's in a tiny bottle like essential oils. It really does smell my DH boaks when I use it but its worth it.

My mum swears by anti bacterial hand gel, the stuff that comes in little pocket sized squeezy bottles. It dries them right up and kills the infection. Also, cold compress before bed, but don't let it get soggy.

Thank you .- christmas do you mean dont let the coldsore or compress go soggy? X

Have had success with Zovirax etc at that early "tingle" stage - put it on every hour until bedtime and you might be lucky.

compeed, since i started using them my coldsores are much smaller than they used to be and go after a couple of days. i keep them in my bag all the time.

Undiluted tea tree oil x

plum - the cold compress, my mum gets an ice cube in a little sandwich bag (to waterproof it) and then wraps it in tissue and holds it on her cold sores. She says it reduces swelling.

oh, and stops the coldsore getting soggy. so both really!

Ice the area. Then if it turns into a blister dab with hydrogen peroxide. Keep it covered with a compeed patch during the day. I've been plagued with these for years and this works the best for me.

eau de parfum. stings like a bitch but it works for me

Compeed patches, and if you have a sympathetic GP some Aciclovir tablets!

Thanks all - have got the tea tree oil and have been putting it on hourly, the tinglin has stopped but i can see the blisters forming - also bought compees for tonight x

Get the compeed on asap!

Ok compeed on too - fingers crossed it wont be too bad - i want to to look hood on friday not like someones punched me in the mouth !
Thanks all

nail varnish removed helped get rid of a cold sore for me, dab it on a few times a day with a cotton bud - the acetone helps dry them out

Chips does that not hurt

Piss on it!

I swear by boots own cold sore lotion. It's great at drying out the blisters once they've started. Good luck, I hope it heals quickly!

Lysine, its stops the virus replicating. Take 3 a day until its gone.