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Well today i just felt the cold sore coming up , its not like a full cold sore if you get me i dunno im not a frickin expert on cold sores , but can someone PLEASE tell me the easiest way i can get rid of it because I dont want to sit in and spend my summer not doing anything cos of a cold sore i asked my mother and she told me to put perfume on it , will that do anything? :/ and i was also wondering if all cold sores are herpes because when i searched for cold sores alot of things about herpes came up , and if you get a cold sore does it mean its ALWAYS herpes and are all cold sores herpes , sorry i just dont know much about herpes , its not my first cold sore ever i've probably got them when i was younger but very verrrry rarely Please someone help me im freaking out! Thanks.

DON'T use Abreva. It doesn't work and is way too expensive. Start taking a vitamin supplement called L-Lysine, probably 3000mg a day or higher. Its an amino acid that blocks the virus from getting any worse and forming. I usually then go to the grocery store in the spice section and get a spice called Alum -- its white and in a small bottle; just dab it on the sore as often as possible and it will dry it right up.

Cold sores are scientifically known as Herpes Simplex 1. Genital Herpes (the STD) is Herpes Simplex II. So cold sore are a form of herpes, yes. They are very contagious.

ABREVA..

Very cheap like $4 you can buy it at Freds or Walmart

Lysine (it is an amino acid-- protein) take it as a supplement, and make a paste of it, and rub it on. Most people have the virus, and the story is if you have it, you always will. the lysine prevents the outbreak.

Here's what you need to do.

When you first start to feel it coming on, take Valtrex, and ice it. Ice it for 10 minutes every hour. Then, when you can see it, put some tea tree oil on. If you don't have tea tree oil use aloe vera or vasceline. Then, take more valtrex 12 hours later. Use orajel or viractin to make the itching and pain go away. DO NOT TOUCH IT WITH YOUR FINGERS. This will spread it and it can make you go blind. Always use Q-tips when applying anything, and wash your hands all the time. Then, put a mixture of nail polish remover and viscine on. The nail polish remover dries it out and the viscine makes the redness go away. Keep icing and putting the mixture on and soon it will be gone. I felt mine coming on yesterday afternoon and by doing this it is almost all gone just 24 hours later!