After cold sores, little red marks above lip.

Hello.
I have recently just had cold sores they lasted about two weeks. Now I have some little red marks where they used to be.
I recently posted and was advised to try vitamin E oil. I have bought HelthAid vitamin E oil and have been constantly applying this to the area. This has made a slight improvement but the marks are still there and visible.
I have spoken with a nurse at the GUM clinic who has said that it should disappear with time depending on my skin.
Is she correct or are these red marks likely to stay there for ever?
Is there anything else i can do to get rid of these in terms of treatment, and how often should i be applying the vitamin e oil??
I really would like some opinions or suggestions as these are causing me a bit of stress.
Also I have a date in 3 days and don't know what to do.
Please assist. Thanks.

[gracefromHHP]

I believe we pretty much already exhausted this conversation when you had it on the std forum didn't we?

You need to have patience about these marks going away. I'm sure they are much more visible to you than to others.

grace

[auk1]

Maybe they are, i'm a bit paranoid about them, and anyone that knows about hsv might be able to notice me as having it.
How about the usage of the vitamin e oil, how often should this be applied?
And what about the girl i'm meeting, should i put this off, or just show up and see what happens?
Thanks for your help.