Ok, about 2 weeks ago I got my first ever
cold sores and they were bad. They were
almost completely healed as of yesterday,
and then suddenly it felt like I cut my
lip on my water bottle...(which is how the
first one started). Now it looks like
i'm getting another one!!! Is it normal
to get cold sores that close together in
time? My first ones weren't even
completely healed!!! I'm really hoping
that maybe I just reinjured the first one
or something. I cannot deal with another
festering cold sore on my lip. Not only
is it very painful, but it's mucho
embarrassing. If anyone has any comments
or suggestions let me know. I pray it's
not another cold sore..
ok, about 2 weeks ago I got
my first ever cold sores and they were
bad. They were almost completely healed
as of yesterday, and then suddenly it felt
like I cut my lip on my water
bottle...(which is how the first one
started). Now it looks like i'm getting
another one!!! Is it normal to get cold
sores that close together in time? My
first ones weren't even completely
healed!!! I'm really hoping that maybe I
just reinjured the first one or something.
I cannot deal with another festering
cold sore on my lip. Not only is it
very painful, but it's mucho embarrassing.
If anyone has any comments or
suggestions let me know. I pray it's
not another cold
sore..
trust me, I feel your pain -- literally.
I'm 19 years old, soon to be 20, and I
suffer from getting coldsores chronically
-- not just one or two, but clusters of
about 4 in one spot, sometimes in two
places on my lips. It's embarassing and
painful, and a huge hinderance to my
sexual life.
Here is some advice that I picked up along
the grapevine:
coldsores can't produce if you don't have
the vitamin arginine in your body.
Although most of us wouldn't like to give
up arginine (found in chocolate, wheat,
peanutbutter -- especially reese's! I
gave those up, my love.. -- raisins,
seeds, nuts, coconut, caffeine, brown
rice, and more).
What you can do, is buy a bottle of
lysine. It's an animo acid that the body
can't make naturally, meaning you need to
get it from other sources -- milk, yogurt,
cheese, vegetables.
When you buy this vitamin, take two of the
pills a day, and when you feel an outbreak
coming on (itchy, sore, red, small bump)
take three or four one time during the
day.
Make sure you do not have low potassium or
vitamin c, and I advice you to drink lots
of orange juice during this process,
preferably through a straw.
Also, sounds very gross, but a qtip and
nailpolish remover on the very hint of a
coldsore will make it disappear, or
atleast not grow any larger. It will
just be a very small dot!
I take zovirax as well, a common ointment
used for coldsores or hiv/aids lesions and
it works well.
Just try to eat balanced, exercise, and
make sure you're getting your vitamins!
(or cutting down on the bad ones!)
