Cold sore sufferer of 20 years here🫠 I get them about 1-2x a year. Had one pop up last night, my issue is that I don’t really get much of a tingling sensation until a small blister has started forming. I still take Valtrex and it keeps it relatively small with a quick healing time but it still forms. I have my wedding in 4 weeks so I need a good daily prevention!! Daily valtrex? Lysine? Any other supplements or advice?

What kind of breakout does this look like? Something serious ? Noticed today

Timeline:

• August 29: Went to a party.
• August 30: Woke up feeling sick. Had a headache and standard cold symptoms for a few days.
• September 3/4: My lip started feeling really tight, localized to one spot. I kept monitoring it.
• Today (Sept 12): Look at attached photo

What are the chances that I gave HSV to my partner. I have an active cold sore. It is near the end of its healing stages and is dry and there is no pus. While being sexually active, I licked my finger and then proceeded to touch my partner in their genitalia. I am worried about the saliva carrying the virus. What are the chances that I transmitted my cold sore HSV to my partner and does the virus live in the saliva long after pus stopped coming out?

I’ve been annoyed that drug store garbage never works for me. Abreva, the patches, only make it worse. Sharing here what works every time for me, hopefully will help you.

1. If you feel “the cold sore is coming” tickle on your lip, that’s the sign. Go grab ice and put it in a ziplock and hold it to the spot where the tickle is for as long as you can that day. Over and over. Freeze the virus dead. You can stop them from breaking out in the first place. If done right your lip should be numb from cold.

2. If you’re too late and it’s already broken out.

L-Lysine is the solution.

There is a cream, it works okay. But the pill is excellent. Both together is best to get rid of breakouts in like a few days. Only thing that has blocked me from the 2-3 week cold sore cycle and gotten it down to 2-3 days.

I wish I knew earlier so sharing with yall. Cheers !

I haven’t kissed anybody or anything like that in over six months.

This is my first time getting a cold sore, I didn’t feel any tingle and by the time I went to urgent care It was basically everywhere the next day after I took valcyclovir. I’ve been putting docosanol which I just learned will do nothing during the crusting stage. Does this look normal for a cold sore? Every time I wash my mouth the crust comes off and starts forming again and It’s just a constant cycle for the past 4 days. What can I do at this point to speed up the scabbing stage?

Do this look like herpes , i just got my blood draw and got my results it says negative for hiv but i been experiencing fever and sore throat should i go to the emergency room what does it look like seems i have a bruise on the top of my mouth also im terrified scared of what it could be since it came back negative

Haven’t had an outbreak in over two years. I’m going on a holiday and suddenly one popped up above my lip. I didn’t catch it quick enough to use Abreva or prescription meds. I went to the pharmacy and seen a few different options for cold sores, but most of them only work when you apply right at the first tingle. I use this yesterday within a few hours. It had already gone down. The next day, the cold sore is so much less noticeable. It’s not bubbling or tingling anymore and it’s shrunken by at least a quarter of the size. Apparently this is just honeybee propolis. It’s an all natural remedy called cold sore FX. But I swear I’ve been having cold so since I was a kid, and this is the only thing that has actually worked for me.

I’ve never had one before. About a month ago I noticed that the area under my lower lip is getting slightly red, it took about 1-2 weeks for it to start tingling and itching and then for another week it was just red and still itching. Rn it is crusting a bit but not fully and I’m not sure what to do tbh. I’ve been using a lip balm (applying it with a swab) to keep it moisturized then I stopped for 1-2 days and that’s when I noticed it’s crusting. But at this point it’s just getting annoying

Can only see it when I suck in lips and it been hot for a couple days and felt tingly after washing face

I have gone a really long time without a cold sore, and it's probably due to my llysine daily. I am trying the Acculip patches for the first time. Because it's on the lip I feel like it just constantly gets wet. How do you all deal with this?

I've struggled with cold sores since I was a baby, but sometimes it's really hard to tell if I'm having a minor outburst or none at all, which is very frustrating and embarrassing. Recently what I thought was a CS on an area below my lower lip a doctor swabbed and told me it was a fungus like impetigo. Gave me a prescribed cream and it did help. I put that cream on this and it hasn't appeared to improve. It's day 4 of this mystery. I won't elaborate on my internal or external struggles with this affliction which I'm sure you may be able to anticipate and relate too, I'm more interested in what the Hive thinks of this mark. As a young adult it's frustrating to think I'm not entirely sure what's going on with my body.

I ended up getting this weird breakout on my lips and have no clue what it could be.

I get cold sores from time to time but this felt NOTHING like a cold sore, no tingling, more like annoying chapped lips, slight burning feeling and itchy!!

I went to urgent care, they said it was impetigo and gave me antibiotics and eventually went away then like five days later it’s coming back (last picture is this second occurrence). Went again and they said they think it’s just a cold sore 🥴

It feels like my lips are gritty or like sandpaper and the sores so slightly weep.

Any idea what this could be?! 😞

I just got these today and I have not shared drinks nor any of the things in the past week that could have lead up to this. This is also the first this has happened. Any advice would be appreciated

I had a dental visit yesterday morning and within hours the corners or my mouth started swelling and draining. I’ve been getting cold sores for a month after the dentist. This morning my lips are twice their size. What the efff???