This is completely anecdotal but I went keto a year ago to treat migraines (it's working!) but a side bonus that never even occurred to me is that I also no longer get my quarterly cold sore. I haven't had a single one in the past year. However, I don't know if it's in the UK but I have a prescription for Denavir, if it's applied at first tingle it can either stop the thing in it's tracks or significantly reduce the size/lifespan of it. My dentist had prescribed it for me.
My first memory is having so many fever blisters that I couldn't eat. And I used to get them at least 6 times a year, every year So I've tried everything. I have backups of the acyclovir tablets and when I start to get a craving for nuts (full of arginine, the amino acid that opposes L-lysine), I take the acyclovir tablets for a day. It's working so far.
I should also say, I've told friends and work friends about using perfume. They reported back to me, it worked for them!! It must be the alcohol in the perfume. So after shave should do the same thing.. Men's cologne too.. I hope Nadine reads this.. It will help you greatly!!
That's what I do. I use a really cheap perfume which usually have high alcohol content. It works everytime. I use it when I get a tingle. Must be the alcohol.
Good information - my older brother experiences bouts with cold sores and I am researching information to give him some much needed direction - this is most helpful.
When I see this post I remember Dr. Osemuahu. He really made me believe in him by healing me from hsv2 with his herbal treatment. When I see this post I remember Dr. Osemuahu. He really made me believe in him so much. by healing me months ago with his herbal treatment. I really appreciate you very much
I'm so glad you made this video ❤️ I've suffered from cold sores since being a baby and I'm constantly stressed that I'm having an outbreak. Usually through winter I get about 4 or 5 outbreaks so would you suggest getting the suppressive tablets throughout that period or should I get the general course you're doing and hope I don't have an outbreak after that one treatment?
I use Forever Living Aloe Lips. It works wonders! Just put it on from the first tingle and it stops it from coming out and going all scabby. Fantastic product!
Try l-lysine ...Available from health food stores. It us amazing and has stopped my cold sores. I took it for almost 12 months and the stopped but now start taking it before I go on holiday to a very sunny place and I appear to have solved e problem. A certain health food store often has a 'penny sake' so it is worth stocking
Thankyou for mentioning this. I'm so fed up of getting a cold sore every holiday. So painful and makes me feel gross! I will give this a go. Thankyou so much x
My doctor prescribed me the 400mg to use twice a day everyday to try and break the cycle and I use 200mg 5 times a day for 5 days when I get a cold sore. The aciclovir tablets has helped me so much I rarely get them and when I do they will only last 5 days!
Hi Nadine - thank you so much for taking on this topic. And I feel for you right now. That’s really good news that we can get Acyclovir tabs without prescription👍👏. With regard to the I Lysine, do you take it as an ongoing daily supplement or just when you feel the onset of and during an attack? 👱♀️😘
I hate those damn things!!! I dont get them frequent..but always in the same place...lower lip. They are hereditary ...(thanks mother)..she got them on her eye ball in her older age 🤤 poor dear...i take Lysine 1000mgs daily ..i swear by Campho-Phenique ...don't know if available in the UK..i live in the States..also, Blisstex is my best friend and Cerave healing ointment ...thanks for those other recommendations😊
Aletha Rossiter once fully formed try tea tree organic oil for the first two days. Apply with qtips constantly. Then at night boil green tea or any other, grab the tea bag place it on a dry and clean paper towel and apply it as hot as you can handle for about 15 seconds directly to the cold sore. Twice at night only, every night. Then, you should be at the scabbing stages. Then continue with constant tea tree oil with clean qtips dabbing very gently. Then once dryed out, heal your lip with a baby cream called Aquaphor advance therapy. Once you know you can remove the scab, gently remove it with a clean wash cloth. If not ready by constantly applying the baby cream then leave it alone. Third day, you should look much better. Plus try everything else she said. The Lysine, the pills 💊, the spf 🧴 for lips 👄. Lol
I started getting cold sores since I was 5. I had to have got it from school because no one in my family gets them. They thought I got bit by a spider for a long time. Thank you for this video. I don't get them often anymore, but when I do I just want to stay inside my house.
When I see this post I remember Dr. Osemuahu. He really made me believe in him by healing me from hsv2 with his herbal treatment. When I see this post I remember Dr. Osemuahu. He really made me believe in him so much. by healing me months ago with his herbal treatment. I really appreciate you very much
I have not heard of using heat for cold sores. Heat helps it get bigger. Please try icing it at first onset and throughout. You may be pleasantly surprised at the decrease in severity and length of time. Another word for cold sore is "fever blisters". Icing it prevents the spread of the effected area. It really does work. If it doesn't work for you, you're not out anything, so give it a try :-)
I swear by l-lysine, had such a bad time of having them for months at a time and at a last resort I bought some and it worked wonders! I feel like it has helped to stop them appearing now too. Always have them in the cupboard just in case :)
I take a l-lysine tablet everyday and since I've been taking it I have not had a single breakout or even an hint of one. It's fantastic as I was getting cold sores on a monthly basis. Been on the l-lysine for nearly 2 years now. and it's very well priced from Just Vitamins.
I take lysine for 6 weeks before going snowboarding or going on a hot holiday and that seems to stop them appearing. I also use a lysine lip balm that has spf in. That was my miracle routine. I will definitely look for the spray. Thanks xxx
I have one on my mouth at the moment. Got started really early on Acyclovir cream (never heard of the tablets). It took it down immediately, but one still get the crusts and a bit of scaring. The Acyclovir only makes the process shorter.
I have ALWAYS had Cold Sores - I think my Mum - bless her - would kiss us when she had them - but in the 60's this would not have been known. I am lucky not to have had for a couple of years (touching all wood here). We used to dry them out with Perfume dabbed on - seemed to dry them out but nothing stops them coming. My poor Mum who is 82, last year had one from her nose to mouth and was mortified and said she felt really dirty and that everyone one was looking at her - something I think all us sufferers feel.
My brother started getting cold sores very young. He caught them drinking out of the taps at school.. He got them real bad too. My nana told him to dab some perfume on them as soon as he feels one coming on. He never had a full break out after using our mothers expensive perfume, every time he felt one coming.. I swear it worked for him.. I do recommend you all try simple perfume on the sores.. Saves you lots of money and will disappear in 24 hours..
once fully formed try tea tree organic oil for the first two days. Apply with qtips constantly. Then at night boil green tea or any other, grab the tea bag place it on a dry and clean paper towel and apply it as hot as you can handle for about 15 seconds directly to the cold sore. Twice at night only, every night. Then, you should be at the scabbing stages. Then continue with constant tea tree oil with clean qtips dabbing very gently. Then once dryed out, heal your lip with a baby cream called Aquaphor advance therapy. Once you know you can remove the scab, gently remove it with a clean wash cloth. If not ready by constantly applying the baby cream then leave it alone. Third day, you should look much better. Plus try everything else she said. The Lysine, the pills 💊, the spf 🧴 for lips 👄. Lol My first time trying it and it’s helped me heal in 3 days. Omg 😱.
Thank you for doing this video! I have suffered from cold sores since I was 13 (am now 50!) I have tried everything and asked the doctor about tablets but the doc said there was no such thing! Am glad I can get them online, shall try that soon as have just got another one... on my nose! Yes! My nose! They were always on my lips but now have migrated to my nose. 😬 thanks again Nadine and fantastic channel! 😊😊
interesting points ,if anyone else trying to find out cold sore treatment at home try Debuncar Cold Sore Aid (should be on google have a look ) ? Ive heard some amazing things about it and my friend got amazing success with it.
I just slap some Campho-Phenique on it. Very old school, but it really eases the pain and dries it up much faster, like 3-5 days. I'm lucky I only get them rately anymore
I'm a very kissy cuddly person with the ones I love. It's how I actually GOT it.... and it's torture not being able to kiss my loved one ... I hate cold sores so fking much!!!..... I'm angry that i have it and that others can get it from me.... I feel disgusting... I'm very careful though
I started getting cold sores in my early twenties. Many years ago I got one and headed to the drug store to find something to get rid of it, and found Zilactin-L. OMG, it cleared my cold up so fast! I used to get a cold sore once or twice a year, but since using Zilactin-L I hardly ever get one now. It's amazing stuff! I needed to replace my little bottle of Zilactin-L and found it discontinued. I can get Zilactin gel so I use that at the very first feeling that I might be getting a cold sore, and that usually kills it straight-away. If I don't use it right when I get that little tingly feeling or first sign of a bump I'll get the full blown cold sore, but the Zilactin heals it pretty quick. Rarely do I have one last more than a week.
When I see this post I remember Dr. Osemuahu. He really made me believe in him by healing me from hsv2 with his herbal treatment. When I see this post I remember Dr. Osemuahu. He really made me believe in him so much. by healing me months ago with his herbal treatment. I really appreciate you very much
just to male you feel better, you not the only one. Its under my nose and makes me angry. But I will try today everything from alcohol to ..chlorox..perhaps not the last one.. I just want to express my frustration ..dont try chlorox after me, lol. This lady talks too mutch. I tad patience till 7, then I stopped her.
Thank you sooo much for this video. I suffer cold sores for years and I agree, the creams only create a massive crust. My fav convo now is tea tree oil and the boots electronic cold sore machine. It seems they do not sale it anymore but is very similar to the Virulite. And it keeps them at bay I find. I will try this L-lysine now
Aciclovir worked for me it hasnt come back since 2010 so it almost 10 years without it. Many people do not use it as it should be used and expect to see result. Side effect of Tablets, weakens your immune system.
I did just get flu like symptoms for 48 hours & it disappeared & this damn cold sore popped up. Trying to find a normal remedy. Don’t want creams or pills 💊 because then your body needs it & this how the doctors 🥼 make money 💰 off us. Because we will have to keep returning 😒.
Dipak M 🍎Apple Cider Vinegar every hour with fresh cotton ball each time & then after ice 🧊 cube in a bag, till it melts...apply over cold sore. My face cleared up over night!!! I was amazed at my results. I watched numerous of videos to figure this hack.
I’m in Australia and use Zovirax contains Aciclovir @5% at first tingle works for me and if I get it early doesn’t get going. Also use the blue led light on my Tanda device to heal it quicker. L-lysine give me a headache for some reason to I skip that.
I use Blistex relief cream - it has to be the one in the metal tube, the one in the plastic tube is rubbish. I use it with my morning and evening skincare routine and then during the day if my lips feel dry. This has kept me practically cold sore free (touch wood!) for about 7yrs (prob only had one in that time) you have to keep up with applying it every day though regardless.
Hi Nadine thank you so much for sharing a lot of good information. Your video was very entertaining. I always loved the English accent. By the way your cold sore doesn't look that bad. Thanks again. Cheerio.
Thanks so much for the video - the information provided is most helpful. I find myself at times consumed with this problem - the direction provided is greatly appreciated.
THANK YOU. This is the beauty video we all wanted as cold sores are ugly in every way. I'm getting online and ordering the tablets and supplements tomorrow. Just in time for CS season.
I just got prescribed this, and I hope it works for me! I have a nasty cluster of 2 cold sores on my top lip, and 1 on the bottom lip, right in the middle of my lip. Ow!
Thank you for your pragmatic approach on the topic. It's very enlightening. I've gotten 3 in the past three months. Before this, I hadn't had one in two years. I allowed myself to think I was "cured". Your insight definitely helps. Thank you
Juan Garcia once fully formed try tea tree organic oil for the first two days. Apply with qtips constantly. Then at night boil green tea or any other, grab the tea bag place it on a dry and clean paper towel and apply it as hot as you can handle for about 15 seconds directly to the cold sore. Twice at night only, every night. Then, you should be at the scabbing stages. Then continue with constant tea tree oil with clean qtips dabbing very gently. Then once dryed out, heal your lip with a baby cream called Aquaphor advance therapy. Once you know you can remove the scab, gently remove it with a clean wash cloth. If not ready by constantly applying the baby cream then leave it alone. Third day, you should look much better. Plus try everything else she said. The Lysine, the pills 💊, the spf 🧴 for lips 👄. Lol
I also used these tablets and it helps massively, I 100% back you in this. Suffered for 30 years and yes they are the huge, poison filled hideout kind.
Have you used A Vogel Bio-Propolis Ointment ? It's the only thing I've used that I've felt works to stop the tingle in its tracks. I feel once the breakout takes hold it's also helpful but I've no proof on that one. It's incredibly moisturizing and eases pain more than anything. I also try (it's tiny so I tend to lose it and then it's hard to find in shops) to use it as a lip balm regularly and I suspect that keeps further breakouts at bay.
I suffer, too, bloody horrible things. I keep zovieax next to my beauty regime and I rub a little on once a week just to keep them at bay, have used aciclovir before but they do drain you.
I’ve had cold sores since I was about 6, I also have eczema so I use quite a strong steroid cream for my bad flare ups and I know I shouldn’t use them on my face, but the steroid cream applied thinly and regularly will make even a fully developed cold sore completely disappear within about 3 days, if I apply it at the first tingle they don’t develop, it’s been my saving grace for many years, but will definitely be getting an online prescription of this when I next feel a tingle as I do suffer from them a few times a year
Please try perfume, as soon as you feel that tingle.. It worked for my brother and many others I've told.. My brother got really bad cold sores that covered his mouth area right up to his nose. My nana told him to use the perfume. He never had a break out again. He knew the signs of one coming. Dabbed the perfume wherever he felt that tingle..
Actually steroids make the skin more vulnerable and prone to infections, including viral ones, so you should not use steroid creams on cold sores, even if it does help momentarily, it will only aggravate the issue on the long term. Besides that, steroid creams can lead to your skin developing acne, rosacea, eczema, as they destroy the skin barrier (and once it's been damaged, it is extremely difficult to restore it, and I say this from experience, unfortunately).
Nadine, I've suffered with this since I was a wee lad, before my beard grew in it would spread up under my nose but now it stays on my lip. Anyway, the temperature thing is correct but I use ice cubes, I hold the cube with a small tong and do about 5 or 6 cubes for 20 minutes twice a day. Good luck I feel your pain (quite literally).
Hi nadine, thanks for the video. I've suffered from cold sores since my teens. They popped up on my lips but since my 30's I sometimes get them in my nostrils! Not a very good luck. Someone told me to use any aftershave and I have to say they heal quicker. Obviously it stings a little but it works for me.
Yes Katie, my brother used my mothers perfume, which my nana recommended to him.. As soon as he felt that tingle, he dab his mout area with perfume.. I swear it's the alcohol that does the trick. So aftershave would do the same thing.. Even if one has developed it will clear up faster using aftershave or perfume..
Aftershave or perfume possibly are recommended because of the alcohol content, but unfortunately there is no evidence that this remedy works for viruses, only bacteria.
I’m here because today I look like a chimp butt . My both lips from corner to corner to corner. And the pain is unbearable. I spent Sunday in the sun and my whole face, eyes and lips are swollen. I’m the new alien in town. Thank you for putting together this video. 🙏🏻
Black China once fully formed try tea tree organic oil for the first two days. Apply with qtips constantly. Then at night boil green tea or any other, grab the tea bag place it on a dry and clean paper towel and apply it as hot as you can handle for about 15 seconds directly to the cold sore. Twice at night only, every night. Then, you should be at the scabbing stages. Then continue with constant tea tree oil with clean qtips dabbing very gently. Then once dryed out, heal your lip with a baby cream called Aquaphor advance therapy. Once you know you can remove the scab, gently remove it with a clean wash cloth. If not ready by constantly applying the baby cream then leave it alone. Third day, you should look much better. Plus try everything else she said. The Lysine, the pills 💊, the spf 🧴 for lips 👄. Lol
I love the la Roche posay lip balm. I get eczema on my lips and angular chelitis when I am stressed. This balm is brilliant and it really helps to heal my lips. I’m allergic to lanolin so always look for balms without this.
Boots do a little glass bottle of cold sore lotion. It's only about 3 quid. Just dab on with your finger or a cotton wool pad as soon as you get one and do it as often as you can. It stings like hell for a second or two but keep dabbing and it stops. So do that as often as you remember to. It heals and drys everything up super quick. I swear by it. I have the little bottles in every bag and cupboard. My daughter uses it too x
Great video. Have suffered with cold sores since I was a small child. From sun to stress, a headache or upset stomach I get them all the time. I rarely get sick but when I do I am sure to have 4 or 5 at a time. I can say I have tried everything possible. Will try the pills, the rest I do already. Thank you for sharing!!
When I see this post I remember Dr. Osemuahu. He really made me believe in him by healing me from hsv2 with his herbal treatment. When I see this post I remember Dr. Osemuahu. He really made me believe in him so much. by healing me months ago with his herbal treatment. I really appreciate you very much
Use Abreva all over the external portions of the nose and under the nose it is more effective than just lips and even when you do not have the sore. I also use Provent skin tag remover in the same way to effectively treat my cold sores. This is an extra powerful measure.
Thank you for this video..and hope you had a speedy recovery. They really are nasty things and make you feel awful! Mine were a present from the ex(so that is annoying too!) Now the cold weather brings mine on and why i hate winter! Great tips and will keep the tablets in mind. 🤞I won't need them. 😊
For me, the coldsore plasters are really helpful, they take all the pain away and I am sure the sore heals faster. However, I get them in my right nostril now and I can't put a plaster up there. It's like the virus is saying to me, you will suffer! I also don't get the tingle to warn me I'm about to get one, so not sure the tablets would work for me.
Thank you Nadine for the information which is useful. I am 58 years old and have suffered only the beginnings of a cold sore since my 20's. However, they have never gotten to the puss or scabby stage as whenever I feel that tingle I go for Alcohol (of any kind) whiskey, brandy, sanitizer, etc. and rub on the area. Lemon juice or apple cider vinegar can be used in an emergency This will prevent the sore from developing and in my case in 99.99% of the time. I suffer them very infrequently. This year in early May I went to India to have dental work done and I had chapped lips which I had to deal with. I searched for one of those small tubs of Vaseline but could not find one. I instead got a lip balm in the lipstick type container. The chemist, come shop, rummaged around in a box and pulled out this lip balm. It was not sealed. I, however, used it thinking the best of things. This brought on a cold sore, (maybe because it was previously used by the shop owner) just before I had dental implant surgery the next day. This time the alcohol nor anything else seemed to do the trick. I used topical creams, which again did no good. However, the outbreak was not severe nor puss filled. It, however, has stayed with me as a reddish mark on my lower lip until now, July13th. I have used the tablets at a rate of 2 x 400Mg a day for over a week to no avail. I am now trying a suggested ice 'cure' and don't know how that will work out, however, any other suggestions would be welcome. I am looking at the Virulite product which is FDA approved but it seems quite expensive and hard to get!
Wow this could be me! I haven't had one for probably 4 years and I've had 2 in consecutive weeks, one before I came on holiday to Portugal last week and now another one has appeared 😩 Bain of my life too. Thanks for another great video ❤️
I always used to use Zovirax which scabbed up and made my cold sore very red & angry. So I stopped using it. I now wouldn’t use anything other than Carmex which is amazing 😉 !!!!!!!!!
Thanks for the information. My go too is Carmex chapstick. Whenever I get one I use the carmex all the time.The cold sore usually dries up in two day. I am guessing the menthol in the carmex works for me.
Carmex (the stick) works wonders for me too... I've suffered from cold sores for years and would get them every two months. Tried medicine but it never worked but Carmex does... It's the BEST! and if you use Carmex early on, it will even prevent the bladders from forming...
i want to try lysine but does anyone know if it interferes with birth control pills? ive been researching all day and I can't find any info so if anyone's taken them while on the pill i would love to hear
Thank you Nadine, such a helpful video - the Virulite lights really work for me. Boots used to sell their own version for a really decent price but have discontinued them :( I use it preventatively every couple of weeks (my cold sore always appears on the same spot). I will definitely look into the tablets though, I get them once a year and it would be bliss if I would only get them every 5 years).
Hey Nadine, first and foremost, thank you for the great video content. A week ago or so I noticed that I was beginning to get some type of sore. After watching your video I've come to the realization that it is in fact a cold sore. To my misfortune, they seem to be spreading a bit. I attempted to purchase the Aciclovir tablets from The Superdrug and was unable to place the order. It seems to be an issue with the Postcode. It makes me wonder if its because i live in the US. Do you know if they're sold online anywhere in the US? Thank you in advance!
I got mine from my first husband. Funnily enough my second husband has never caught the virus from me !! When we lived in France my doctor there first gave me Acylovir tablets but usually the colds sore starts ( in the night for instance)and once it has started the drug doesn't work. Tea Tree or True Melisa Essential Oils will help to take to heat out of the first blister (they are highly, naturally antiseptic) and often reduces the blister. But after that it is just time !!! Thank you for the video.
Decades ago my dad taught me a trick for cold sores that would get rid of them in days and that simply was to take pure riboflavin. Take it right away and it would go right away. I'm not even sure you can purchase straight riboflavin anymore but it always worked and I never forgot that. I never get them anymore thankfully so I don't know if you can still get it.
In the USA people us Abreva for cold sores and claims it works pretty good. When it first came on the market years ago, it was by prescription only, but now it's over the counter, and price range is around $15. according to Amazon.
I use Abreva and it works great for me. Numbs the pain and speeds up the healing. If I get it early I can get rid of it before a disgusting scab develops, usually within 3-4 days. I disagree about letting it dry out. Wounds on the body like to stay moist to heal. That is why we have bandages. IMO and experience, of course.
@@michellesparks1590 So much trial and error. I never thought about the drying vs keeping it moist. I'll have to try moist next time because 3-4 days is very short.
Lena Williams once fully formed try tea tree organic oil for the first two days. Apply with qtips constantly. Then at night boil green tea or any other, grab the tea bag place it on a dry and clean paper towel and apply it as hot as you can handle for about 15 seconds directly to the cold sore. Twice at night only, every night. Then, you should be at the scabbing stages. Then continue with constant tea tree oil with clean qtips dabbing very gently. Then once dryed out, heal your lip with a baby cream called Aquaphor advance therapy. Once you know you can remove the scab, gently remove it with a clean wash cloth. If not ready by constantly applying the baby cream then leave it alone. Third day, you should look much better. Plus try everything else she said. The Lysine, the pills 💊, the spf 🧴 for lips 👄. Lol
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L-lysine either lip balm or tablet or both. I rarely get cold sores now and if I do they don’t last long. Cheaper with prescription. Buy in Holland and Barrett
Thanks for talking about this and normalizing it :) I am indeed tired of being looked at like I have the black death!
This is completely anecdotal but I went keto a year ago to treat migraines (it's working!) but a side bonus that never even occurred to me is that I also no longer get my quarterly cold sore. I haven't had a single one in the past year.
However, I don't know if it's in the UK but I have a prescription for Denavir, if it's applied at first tingle it can either stop the thing in it's tracks or significantly reduce the size/lifespan of it. My dentist had prescribed it for me.
My first memory is having so many fever blisters that I couldn't eat. And I used to get them at least 6 times a year, every year So I've tried everything. I have backups of the acyclovir tablets and when I start to get a craving for nuts (full of arginine, the amino acid that opposes L-lysine), I take the acyclovir tablets for a day. It's working so far.
I know you have a cold sore, but you look beautiful, your makeup is perfect!
I should also say, I've told friends and work friends about using perfume. They reported back to me, it worked for them!! It must be the alcohol in the perfume. So after shave should do the same thing.. Men's cologne too.. I hope Nadine reads this.. It will help you greatly!!
That's what I do. I use a really cheap perfume which usually have high alcohol content. It works everytime. I use it when I get a tingle. Must be the alcohol.
Roxana Mcglinchey it seems possible that what your brother had was impetigo (a bacterial infection common in children) and possibly not cold sores.
Good information - my older brother experiences bouts with cold sores and I am researching information to give him some much needed direction - this is most helpful.
When I see this post I remember Dr. Osemuahu. He really made me believe in him by healing me from hsv2 with his herbal treatment. When I see this post I remember Dr. Osemuahu. He really made me believe in him so much. by healing me months ago with his herbal treatment. I really appreciate you very much
I'm so glad you made this video ❤️ I've suffered from cold sores since being a baby and I'm constantly stressed that I'm having an outbreak. Usually through winter I get about 4 or 5 outbreaks so would you suggest getting the suppressive tablets throughout that period or should I get the general course you're doing and hope I don't have an outbreak after that one treatment?
I use Forever Living Aloe Lips. It works wonders! Just put it on from the first tingle and it stops it from coming out and going all scabby. Fantastic product!
thank you
Try l-lysine ...Available from health food stores. It us amazing and has stopped my cold sores. I took it for almost 12 months and the stopped but now start taking it before I go on holiday to a very sunny place and I appear to have solved e problem. A certain health food store often has a 'penny sake' so it is worth stocking
I swear by this vitamin, it's a real gem if you suffer from coldsores. You can also get l-lysine cream for if/when you do get a coldsore.
Thankyou for mentioning this. I'm so fed up of getting a cold sore every holiday. So painful and makes me feel gross! I will give this a go. Thankyou so much x
use L-Lysine
My doctor prescribed me the 400mg to use twice a day everyday to try and break the cycle and I use 200mg 5 times a day for 5 days when I get a cold sore. The aciclovir tablets has helped me so much I rarely get them and when I do they will only last 5 days!
Hi Nadine - thank you so much for taking on this topic. And I feel for you right now. That’s really good news that we can get Acyclovir tabs without prescription👍👏. With regard to the I Lysine, do you take it as an ongoing daily supplement or just when you feel the onset of and during an attack? 👱♀️😘
How does this help with Milia? Thank you for sharing 💞🧚♂️🌻🌈🌟
Can you order the tablets if you’re in the US?
I hate those damn things!!! I dont get them frequent..but always in the same place...lower lip. They are hereditary ...(thanks mother)..she got them on her eye ball in her older age 🤤 poor dear...i take Lysine 1000mgs daily ..i swear by Campho-Phenique ...don't know if available in the UK..i live in the States..also, Blisstex is my best friend and Cerave healing ointment ...thanks for those other recommendations😊
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I bought the Base lip balm because of your last video about cold sores. It doesn't work.
Aletha Rossiter once fully formed try tea tree organic oil for the first two days. Apply with qtips constantly. Then at night boil green tea or any other, grab the tea bag place it on a dry and clean paper towel and apply it as hot as you can handle for about 15 seconds directly to the cold sore. Twice at night only, every night. Then, you should be at the scabbing stages. Then continue with constant tea tree oil with clean qtips dabbing very gently. Then once dryed out, heal your lip with a baby cream called Aquaphor advance therapy. Once you know you can remove the scab, gently remove it with a clean wash cloth. If not ready by constantly applying the baby cream then leave it alone. Third day, you should look much better. Plus try everything else she said. The Lysine, the pills 💊, the spf 🧴 for lips 👄. Lol
All your stuff is ads but you do not advertise.
I have have been getting since I was 10 and it didn’t come from kissing.
An adult could've kissed you. Possibly a family member not knowing that they have it
True it’s a nasty deal
Chicken pox
I started getting cold sores since I was 5. I had to have got it from school because no one in my family gets them. They thought I got bit by a spider for a long time. Thank you for this video. I don't get them often anymore, but when I do I just want to stay inside my house.
When I see this post I remember Dr. Osemuahu. He really made me believe in him by healing me from hsv2 with his herbal treatment. When I see this post I remember Dr. Osemuahu. He really made me believe in him so much. by healing me months ago with his herbal treatment. I really appreciate you very much
I have not heard of using heat for cold sores. Heat helps it get bigger. Please try icing it at first onset and throughout. You may be pleasantly surprised at the decrease in severity and length of time. Another word for cold sore is "fever blisters". Icing it prevents the spread of the effected area. It really does work. If it doesn't work for you, you're not out anything, so give it a try :-)
I swear by l-lysine, had such a bad time of having them for months at a time and at a last resort I bought some and it worked wonders! I feel like it has helped to stop them appearing now too. Always have them in the cupboard just in case :)
I take a l-lysine tablet everyday and since I've been taking it I have not had a single breakout or even an hint of one. It's fantastic as I was getting cold sores on a monthly basis. Been on the l-lysine for nearly 2 years now. and it's very well priced from Just Vitamins.
what brand do y’all use ?
I take lysine for 6 weeks before going snowboarding or going on a hot holiday and that seems to stop them appearing. I also use a lysine lip balm that has spf in. That was my miracle routine. I will definitely look for the spray. Thanks xxx
I have one on my mouth at the moment. Got started really early on Acyclovir cream (never heard of the tablets). It took it down immediately, but one still get the crusts and a bit of scaring. The Acyclovir only makes the process shorter.
I have ALWAYS had Cold Sores - I think my Mum - bless her - would kiss us when she had them - but in the 60's this would not have been known. I am lucky not to have had for a couple of years (touching all wood here). We used to dry them out with Perfume dabbed on - seemed to dry them out but nothing stops them coming. My poor Mum who is 82, last year had one from her nose to mouth and was mortified and said she felt really dirty and that everyone one was looking at her - something I think all us sufferers feel.
I can’t believe you can buy Acyclovir, without prescription online in the UK. I am soooo jealous!
You do need a prescription. However it is now part of a range of drugs which you can get through an online prescription. Signed off by a doctor.
Cristina Risso can I buy it in the US
@@eruby5305 i really do not know. I am in Germany
My brother started getting cold sores very young. He caught them drinking out of the taps at school.. He got them real bad too. My nana told him to dab some perfume on them as soon as he feels one coming on. He never had a full break out after using our mothers expensive perfume, every time he felt one coming.. I swear it worked for him.. I do recommend you all try simple perfume on the sores.. Saves you lots of money and will disappear in 24 hours..
once fully formed try tea tree organic oil for the first two days. Apply with qtips constantly. Then at night boil green tea or any other, grab the tea bag place it on a dry and clean paper towel and apply it as hot as you can handle for about 15 seconds directly to the cold sore. Twice at night only, every night. Then, you should be at the scabbing stages. Then continue with constant tea tree oil with clean qtips dabbing very gently. Then once dryed out, heal your lip with a baby cream called Aquaphor advance therapy. Once you know you can remove the scab, gently remove it with a clean wash cloth. If not ready by constantly applying the baby cream then leave it alone. Third day, you should look much better. Plus try everything else she said. The Lysine, the pills 💊, the spf 🧴 for lips 👄. Lol
My first time trying it and it’s helped me heal in 3 days. Omg 😱.
Tea tree organic oil are you diluting it with a carrier oil? as neat it can be very powerful and could do more harm.
cold sores are hell. it hurts like shit. and i don’t want to go in public with it.
Thankyou Nadine..Ive had a really bad one..and been left with discolouration.. redness..will definitely get those tablets...thankyou xx
Thank you for doing this video! I have suffered from cold sores since I was 13 (am now 50!) I have tried everything and asked the doctor about tablets but the doc said there was no such thing! Am glad I can get them online, shall try that soon as have just got another one... on my nose! Yes! My nose! They were always on my lips but now have migrated to my nose. 😬 thanks again Nadine and fantastic channel! 😊😊
Cathy Lea get them now and keep in you medicine cabinet. I’m going to get them before the outbreak so I have them on hand 😊x
THANK YOU NADINE!!! I’ve suffered with cold sores all my life. This video is amazing. I’ve got two coming through as I watch. 😭😭😭
interesting points ,if anyone else trying to find out cold sore treatment at home try Debuncar Cold Sore Aid (should be on google have a look ) ? Ive heard some amazing things about it and my friend got amazing success with it.
I just slap some Campho-Phenique on it. Very old school, but it really eases the pain and dries it up much faster, like 3-5 days. I'm lucky I only get them rately anymore
I'm a very kissy cuddly person with the ones I love. It's how I actually GOT it.... and it's torture not being able to kiss my loved one ... I hate cold sores so fking much!!!..... I'm angry that i have it and that others can get it from me.... I feel disgusting... I'm very careful though
I started getting cold sores in my early twenties. Many years ago I got one and headed to the drug store to find something to get rid of it, and found Zilactin-L. OMG, it cleared my cold up so fast! I used to get a cold sore once or twice a year, but since using Zilactin-L I hardly ever get one now. It's amazing stuff!
I needed to replace my little bottle of Zilactin-L and found it discontinued. I can get Zilactin gel so I use that at the very first feeling that I might be getting a cold sore, and that usually kills it straight-away. If I don't use it right when I get that little tingly feeling or first sign of a bump I'll get the full blown cold sore, but the Zilactin heals it pretty quick. Rarely do I have one last more than a week.
When I see this post I remember Dr. Osemuahu. He really made me believe in him by healing me from hsv2 with his herbal treatment. When I see this post I remember Dr. Osemuahu. He really made me believe in him so much. by healing me months ago with his herbal treatment. I really appreciate you very much
cold sores make me want to eat a grenade
just to male you feel better, you not the only one. Its under my nose and makes me angry. But I will try today everything from alcohol to ..chlorox..perhaps not the last one.. I just want to express my frustration ..dont try chlorox after me, lol.
This lady talks too mutch. I tad patience till 7, then I stopped her.
Thank you sooo much for this video. I suffer cold sores for years and I agree, the creams only create a massive crust. My fav convo now is tea tree oil and the boots electronic cold sore machine. It seems they do not sale it anymore but is very similar to the Virulite. And it keeps them at bay I find. I will try this L-lysine now
my lip started tingling last week and i had no idea why. then yesterday i woke up to a sore on my mouth and was freaking out. i guess now i know why 😕
What works best is calamine lotion, it helps to try the cold sore up.
Aciclovir worked for me it hasnt come back since 2010 so it almost 10 years without it. Many people do not use it as it should be used and expect to see result. Side effect of Tablets, weakens your immune system.
I did just get flu like symptoms for 48 hours & it disappeared & this damn cold sore popped up. Trying to find a normal remedy. Don’t want creams or pills 💊 because then your body needs it & this how the doctors 🥼 make money 💰 off us. Because we will have to keep returning 😒.
You're saying my unspoken words, help me, if you found any solution!?!
Dipak M 🍎Apple Cider Vinegar every hour with fresh cotton ball each time & then after ice 🧊 cube in a bag, till it melts...apply over cold sore.
My face cleared up over night!!!
I was amazed at my results. I watched numerous of videos to figure this hack.
I’m in Australia and use Zovirax contains Aciclovir @5% at first tingle works for me and if I get it early doesn’t get going. Also use the blue led light on my Tanda device to heal it quicker. L-lysine give me a headache for some reason to I skip that.
Numbing cream works really well too to kill the pain AND seems to calm the swelling!
I use Blistex relief cream - it has to be the one in the metal tube, the one in the plastic tube is rubbish. I use it with my morning and evening skincare routine and then during the day if my lips feel dry. This has kept me practically cold sore free (touch wood!) for about 7yrs (prob only had one in that time) you have to keep up with applying it every day though regardless.
Hi Nadine thank you so much for sharing a lot of good information. Your video was very entertaining. I always loved the English accent. By the way your cold sore doesn't look that bad. Thanks again. Cheerio.
Lysine works great for me for cold sores. Internally and externally
Thanks so much for the video - the information provided is most helpful. I find myself at times consumed with this problem - the direction provided is greatly appreciated.
THANK YOU. This is the beauty video we all wanted as cold sores are ugly in every way. I'm getting online and ordering the tablets and supplements tomorrow. Just in time for CS season.
I just got prescribed this, and I hope it works for me! I have a nasty cluster of 2 cold sores on my top lip, and 1 on the bottom lip, right in the middle of my lip. Ow!
Thank you for your pragmatic approach on the topic. It's very enlightening. I've gotten 3 in the past three months.
Before this, I hadn't had one in two years. I allowed myself to think I was "cured". Your insight definitely helps. Thank you
Juan Garcia once fully formed try tea tree organic oil for the first two days. Apply with qtips constantly. Then at night boil green tea or any other, grab the tea bag place it on a dry and clean paper towel and apply it as hot as you can handle for about 15 seconds directly to the cold sore. Twice at night only, every night. Then, you should be at the scabbing stages. Then continue with constant tea tree oil with clean qtips dabbing very gently. Then once dryed out, heal your lip with a baby cream called Aquaphor advance therapy. Once you know you can remove the scab, gently remove it with a clean wash cloth. If not ready by constantly applying the baby cream then leave it alone. Third day, you should look much better. Plus try everything else she said. The Lysine, the pills 💊, the spf 🧴 for lips 👄. Lol
Your the best Thank you for this great info Some great products to try ❤️
I also used these tablets and it helps massively, I 100% back you in this. Suffered for 30 years and yes they are the huge, poison filled hideout kind.
I've taken those for shingles but that is super handy to know as I'm prone to cold sores as I have a knackered immune system.
I wonder why you wouldn’t put any mint, chamomile or lemon on your lips? I have heard chamomile has anti inflammatory properties.
Have you used A Vogel Bio-Propolis Ointment
? It's the only thing I've used that I've felt works to stop the tingle in its tracks. I feel once the breakout takes hold it's also helpful but I've no proof on that one. It's incredibly moisturizing and eases pain more than anything. I also try (it's tiny so I tend to lose it and then it's hard to find in shops) to use it as a lip balm regularly and I suspect that keeps further breakouts at bay.
Hi Nadine just bought the clinisept spray good for emergencies thank you for your advice much appreciated regards to everyone Liz x
I suffer, too, bloody horrible things. I keep zovieax next to my beauty regime and I rub a little on once a week just to keep them at bay, have used aciclovir before but they do drain you.
I’ve had cold sores since I was about 6, I also have eczema so I use quite a strong steroid cream for my bad flare ups and I know I shouldn’t use them on my face, but the steroid cream applied thinly and regularly will make even a fully developed cold sore completely disappear within about 3 days, if I apply it at the first tingle they don’t develop, it’s been my saving grace for many years, but will definitely be getting an online prescription of this when I next feel a tingle as I do suffer from them a few times a year
Please try perfume, as soon as you feel that tingle.. It worked for my brother and many others I've told.. My brother got really bad cold sores that covered his mouth area right up to his nose. My nana told him to use the perfume. He never had a break out again. He knew the signs of one coming. Dabbed the perfume wherever he felt that tingle..
Actually steroids make the skin more vulnerable and prone to infections, including viral ones, so you should not use steroid creams on cold sores, even if it does help momentarily, it will only aggravate the issue on the long term. Besides that, steroid creams can lead to your skin developing acne, rosacea, eczema, as they destroy the skin barrier (and once it's been damaged, it is extremely difficult to restore it, and I say this from experience, unfortunately).
Nadine, I've suffered with this since I was a wee lad, before my beard grew in it would spread up under my nose but now it stays on my lip. Anyway, the temperature thing is correct but I use ice cubes, I hold the cube with a small tong and do about 5 or 6 cubes for 20 minutes twice a day. Good luck I feel your pain (quite literally).
Hi nadine, thanks for the video. I've suffered from cold sores since my teens. They popped up on my lips but since my 30's I sometimes get them in my nostrils! Not a very good luck. Someone told me to use any aftershave and I have to say they heal quicker. Obviously it stings a little but it works for me.
Yes Katie, my brother used my mothers perfume, which my nana recommended to him.. As soon as he felt that tingle, he dab his mout area with perfume.. I swear it's the alcohol that does the trick. So aftershave would do the same thing.. Even if one has developed it will clear up faster using aftershave or perfume..
Aftershave or perfume possibly are recommended because of the alcohol content, but unfortunately there is no evidence that this remedy works for viruses, only bacteria.
La Roche-Posay Cicaplast Lips did nothing for me. Made my lips very dry in fact...
This is wonderful news, thank you so much. I’ve spent a lifetime with people talking to my coldsore rather than me!
I’m here because today I look like a chimp butt . My both lips from corner to corner to corner. And the pain is unbearable. I spent Sunday in the sun and my whole face, eyes and lips are swollen. I’m the new alien in town. Thank you for putting together this video. 🙏🏻
Black China once fully formed try tea tree organic oil for the first two days. Apply with qtips constantly. Then at night boil green tea or any other, grab the tea bag place it on a dry and clean paper towel and apply it as hot as you can handle for about 15 seconds directly to the cold sore. Twice at night only, every night. Then, you should be at the scabbing stages. Then continue with constant tea tree oil with clean qtips dabbing very gently. Then once dryed out, heal your lip with a baby cream called Aquaphor advance therapy. Once you know you can remove the scab, gently remove it with a clean wash cloth. If not ready by constantly applying the baby cream then leave it alone. Third day, you should look much better. Plus try everything else she said. The Lysine, the pills 💊, the spf 🧴 for lips 👄. Lol
I love the la Roche posay lip balm. I get eczema on my lips and angular chelitis when I am stressed. This balm is brilliant and it really helps to heal my lips. I’m allergic to lanolin so always look for balms without this.
PLEASE do a video on reducing scars!
Boots do a little glass bottle of cold sore lotion. It's only about 3 quid. Just dab on with your finger or a cotton wool pad as soon as you get one and do it as often as you can. It stings like hell for a second or two but keep dabbing and it stops. So do that as often as you remember to. It heals and drys everything up super quick. I swear by it. I have the little bottles in every bag and cupboard. My daughter uses it too x
Cortisone cream works gr8!
Great video. Have suffered with cold sores since I was a small child. From sun to stress, a headache or upset stomach I get them all the time. I rarely get sick but when I do I am sure to have 4 or 5 at a time. I can say I have tried everything possible. Will try the pills, the rest I do already. Thank you for sharing!!
When I see this post I remember Dr. Osemuahu. He really made me believe in him by healing me from hsv2 with his herbal treatment. When I see this post I remember Dr. Osemuahu. He really made me believe in him so much. by healing me months ago with his herbal treatment. I really appreciate you very much
Use Abreva all over the external portions of the nose and under the nose it is more effective than just lips and even when you do not have the sore. I also use Provent skin tag remover in the same way to effectively treat my cold sores. This is an extra powerful measure.
You can get them tablets at chemists in spain for about euros 😁
the best solution lysine 500grm every day, kiss
Thank you for this video..and hope you had a speedy recovery. They really are nasty things and make you feel awful! Mine were a present from the ex(so that is annoying too!) Now the cold weather brings mine on and why i hate winter! Great tips and will keep the tablets in mind. 🤞I won't need them. 😊
For me, the coldsore plasters are really helpful, they take all the pain away and I am sure the sore heals faster. However, I get them in my right nostril now and I can't put a plaster up there. It's like the virus is saying to me, you will suffer! I also don't get the tingle to warn me I'm about to get one, so not sure the tablets would work for me.
Zovirax works like magic, you can get it in Boots
Had them since I was little... just had one now and it just healed and this morning i got two new ones on the lower lip! I am so annoyed
Thank you Nadine for the information which is useful. I am 58 years old and have suffered only the beginnings of a cold sore since my 20's. However, they have never gotten to the puss or scabby stage as whenever I feel that tingle I go for Alcohol (of any kind) whiskey, brandy, sanitizer, etc. and rub on the area. Lemon juice or apple cider vinegar can be used in an emergency This will prevent the sore from developing and in my case in 99.99% of the time. I suffer them very infrequently. This year in early May I went to India to have dental work done and I had chapped lips which I had to deal with. I searched for one of those small tubs of Vaseline but could not find one. I instead got a lip balm in the lipstick type container. The chemist, come shop, rummaged around in a box and pulled out this lip balm. It was not sealed. I, however, used it thinking the best of things. This brought on a cold sore, (maybe because it was previously used by the shop owner) just before I had dental implant surgery the next day. This time the alcohol nor anything else seemed to do the trick. I used topical creams, which again did no good. However, the outbreak was not severe nor puss filled. It, however, has stayed with me as a reddish mark on my lower lip until now, July13th. I have used the tablets at a rate of 2 x 400Mg a day for over a week to no avail. I am now trying a suggested ice 'cure' and don't know how that will work out, however, any other suggestions would be welcome. I am looking at the Virulite product which is FDA approved but it seems quite expensive and hard to get!
Wow this could be me! I haven't had one for probably 4 years and I've had 2 in consecutive weeks, one before I came on holiday to Portugal last week and now another one has appeared 😩 Bain of my life too. Thanks for another great video ❤️
I always used to use Zovirax which scabbed up and made my cold sore very red & angry. So I stopped using it. I now wouldn’t use anything other than Carmex which is amazing 😉 !!!!!!!!!
Suzy P what a shame as it does the trick for me...
Thanks for your recommendations. I will try so hopefully will help me too. 🌹
Need this- just woke up with one today 😰
Thanks for the information. My go too is Carmex chapstick. Whenever I get one I use the carmex all the time.The cold sore usually dries up in two day. I am guessing the menthol in the carmex works for me.
Carmex (the stick) works wonders for me too... I've suffered from cold sores for years and would get them every two months. Tried medicine but it never worked but Carmex does... It's the BEST! and if you use Carmex early on, it will even prevent the bladders from forming...
Hi Nadine! I just use toothpaste and it really works on me 😉
Thanks Nadine. Really useful. I've had 4 over the summer!!
Clinisept is amazing!!!
I used carmex as a lipbalm
i want to try lysine but does anyone know if it interferes with birth control pills? ive been researching all day and I can't find any info so if anyone's taken them while on the pill i would love to hear
I agree will all ..
Thank you Nadine, such a helpful video - the Virulite lights really work for me. Boots used to sell their own version for a really decent price but have discontinued them :( I use it preventatively every couple of weeks (my cold sore always appears on the same spot). I will definitely look into the tablets though, I get them once a year and it would be bliss if I would only get them every 5 years).
And now I can add another trigger: watching a youtube video about cold sores and then thinking about them. Woke up with the tingle. Tablets ordered!
Clinisept looks great but website states it’s only available to professionals who log in? Is there any other way of us mere mortals buying this?
Hey Nadine, first and foremost, thank you for the great video content.
A week ago or so I noticed that I was beginning to get some type of sore. After watching your video I've come to the realization that it is in fact a cold sore. To my misfortune, they seem to be spreading a bit. I attempted to purchase the Aciclovir tablets from The Superdrug and was unable to place the order. It seems to be an issue with the Postcode. It makes me wonder if its because i live in the US. Do you know if they're sold online anywhere in the US?
Thank you in advance!
A doctor can give you a prescription.
I have a cold sore is bad
Bless you Nadine for normalizing, the black death. Fingers crossed ive been lucky. Well as far as this is concerned xxx 💝💗💖🐯🐾🐾🐾🐾
I got mine from my first husband. Funnily enough my second husband has never caught the virus from me !!
When we lived in France my doctor there first gave me Acylovir tablets but usually the colds sore starts ( in the night for instance)and once it has started the drug doesn't work. Tea Tree or True Melisa Essential Oils will help to take to heat out of the first blister (they are highly, naturally antiseptic) and often reduces the blister. But after that it is just time !!! Thank you for the video.
Decades ago my dad taught me a trick for cold sores that would get rid of them in days and that simply was to take pure riboflavin. Take it right away and it would go right away. I'm not even sure you can purchase straight riboflavin anymore but it always worked and I never forgot that. I never get them anymore thankfully so I don't know if you can still get it.
In the USA people us Abreva for cold sores and claims it works pretty good. When it first came on the market years ago, it was by prescription only, but now it's over the counter, and price range is around $15. according to Amazon.
Abreva never did anything for me. I now use Melissa essential oil, neat.
@@lovemesomeslippers ok.
I use Abreva and it works great for me. Numbs the pain and speeds up the healing. If I get it early I can get rid of it before a disgusting scab develops, usually within 3-4 days. I disagree about letting it dry out. Wounds on the body like to stay moist to heal. That is why we have bandages. IMO and experience, of course.
@@michellesparks1590 So much trial and error. I never thought about the drying vs keeping it moist. I'll have to try moist next time because 3-4 days is very short.
Hey can you please help me. What do you think about coola lip balm.?
Um you can you use Abreva that’s what I use
Lena Williams once fully formed try tea tree organic oil for the first two days. Apply with qtips constantly. Then at night boil green tea or any other, grab the tea bag place it on a dry and clean paper towel and apply it as hot as you can handle for about 15 seconds directly to the cold sore. Twice at night only, every night. Then, you should be at the scabbing stages. Then continue with constant tea tree oil with clean qtips dabbing very gently. Then once dryed out, heal your lip with a baby cream called Aquaphor advance therapy. Once you know you can remove the scab, gently remove it with a clean wash cloth. If not ready by constantly applying the baby cream then leave it alone. Third day, you should look much better. Plus try everything else she said. The Lysine, the pills 💊, the spf 🧴 for lips 👄. Lol
Mine is not from kissing, I’ve never kissed anyone (my parents kiss me on the cheek)
This was a short but informative guide. I would recommend this Herpes guide *4HerpesCure .Com* to my friends starting out on their journeys to clear skin, getting rid of Herpes. Greatly liked this and loved the understanding into how my inside troubles can affect my skin.?
L-lysine either lip balm or tablet or both. I rarely get cold sores now and if I do they don’t last long. Cheaper with prescription. Buy in Holland and Barrett
Without prescription I meant 👍🏼😁
Pure vanilla extract and lemon balm essential oil work well , the cold sore doesn't get so big and crusty and disappears faster.