Cold Sore Cure » cold sore remedy http://bestcoldsorecure.com Learn how I found the cold sore cure after doing a lot of searches for cures for cold sores Sat, 15 May 2010 21:53:36 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 en hourly 1 Cold Sore Cures that haven’t worked for me http://bestcoldsorecure.com/cold-sore-cures http://bestcoldsorecure.com/cold-sore-cures#comments Sat, 21 Nov 2009 17:37:19 +0000 Tim Marshal http://bestcoldsorecure.com/?p=14
I suffered from cold sores for about 9 years before I was able to find the cold sore cure that worked for me. So I guess you could say that I have a wealth of experience dealing with cold sores.

Once I reached puberty and the attraction to the opposite sex came into account, I became a lot more aware and self conscious about my cold sore problem. From then, I set out to figure out how to cure a cold sore. In those years, I’ve come across and have tried various methods including:

  • Toothpaste – While this is an old time cold sore remedy, it is not a fast cold sore cure, nor practical. It takes several days before the blister starts to crust up (not very pretty) and you have to leave the toothpaste on your face for several days. I really hated walking about with toothpaste on my lip for 3 days.

  • OTC (over the counter) products – extremely expensive, a tube about the site of half my thumb was $17.59! On top of that, they were very hit or miss when it came to effectiveness. Some times they worked, others they didn’t

  • Apple Cider Vinegar – Yikes! Have you ever realized how acidic vinegar is? If you’re brave enough, try putting some apple cider vinegar on raw skin and see how painful it is. The remedy called for me to leave the apple cider vinegar on my cold sore over night and it would cure in 3 days. I couldn’t even last an hour with the burning pain.

  • Ice – Ice is not a cure for cold sores, instead, it just reduces swelling and attempts to keep the virus from reaching the outer skin. You apply the ice for 20 min on, 10 min off, for 2 hours at the onset of the cold sore. It works if you have a bad outbreak but it doesn’t get rid of the cold sores, just reduces the redness and size.

    • These are the most commonly hear of methods for a cold sore cure that I’ve found on the internet. I’ve done them all and will tell you, they can be painful, expensive, or ineffective, but none of them really gets rid of the cold sores.

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