Another cold sore?

I’ve found an amazing healing regiment! All I use is Lucus’ papaw ointment, it’s a crimson red jar with healing ingredients. Some say it’s just vasaline but it has worked me wonders, I cry sometimes from how great and flippin fast it works on a sore! 

I can not tell the difference between a tingle and just a twitch, so I usually mess up on telling when the initial bump may occur! This is where the ointment comes into save me.. I apply a good amount with a q-tip directly on to the bump (before any blistering cracking or gross stuff happens) and on the rest of my lips. The oitment does not moisturize but the healing agents help my lips 10000% from not cracking, peeling, or bleeding. Every few hours I’ll apply more directly to the sore to help heal faster! 

Below is how quickly my personal healing process goes (2-3 days with significant healing seen) 

Day one after applying; the initial bump losses swelling, it takes me about 6-8hours for it to significantly reduce the same day, practically unnoticed. The bump starts to lose shape after one hour though, also redness is gone. After 3 hours the pulsating feeling stops. A good nights rest is important! Letting the cold sore breath with no bandage over night, if you are one to bandaid it up.. 

Day two; No bump protruding, scabbing process induced. Gross but scabbing is a good sign the sore is ready to end its cycle. I’ll apply the ointment throughout my day. I purchased tiny lid capsules to place the ointment it for travel along with q-tips so that I am not touching the sore at all, it’s also far more hygienic than carrying the whole jar, the product also sells small tubes, but this stuff works on everything so I recommend the jar!  Always washing hands before and after, sometimes just randomly to keep a clean hygiene. Do NOT pick the scab!! Let it do it’s thing man.. by the end of the day, if it is was a tiny bugger ( they usually are 90% of the time because the ointment stops the breakout from getting any bigger or spreading more range on your face or lips, at least for me it does!) the sore will have healed immensely. I’ll let it dry out some more, completely air dry, not applying anymore oitment, then right before bed I take Aquaphor oitment to a napkin/tissue and apply to the scab in circles/counter circles so it gets under the dead skin... wipe away at the scab and it should just slide off to reveal new skin. Please keep in mind if the scab is still yellowish green, the sore has not fully healed! That color, along with contagious liquids still coming out of the sore means you should safely and gently clean the sore as best you can. When the sore is freshly clean and you have disinfected the area (bathroom or table top) in which you clean the sore, apply more of the papaw ointment! I usually save the Aquaphor for the last step cause it makes removing the dead layer a breeze! But whatever works best for you is extremely important. 

Also the Aquaphor helps calm the hot sensation for me as well. 

Hope this helps! I’ll be reposting throughout to try to help others. 

Mo I believe sticking to the regiment may help your dryness and itchy sensations! Disinfecting your room and bed helps any remnants of the virus go away and surpress any future outbreaks, also I may recommend a Germ Guardian tower, it looks like a fan but vents clean air! 

One more recommendation! When I do not have any occurring outbreaks I’ll use Jojoba oil on my lips to help keep them healthy with out the messy layer of chapstick constantly, I still use chapstick from time to time but Jojoba oil works amazing! 

Hi Mo,  It might be worth trying a propolis based treatment, you can get them in a lip balm stick like which you can apply throughout the day.  Propolis is an anti-viral and anti-bacterial used by bees in their hives.  The clinical trials suggest that it reduces the length of each episode by around 3 to 4 days compared to a placebo.

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