Cold Sores

[justin122333]

After your cold sore is on the healing stage and turns into a big yellowish scab on your lip, what can you do to speed the healing process so its not there for 2 weeks?

[medgirl26]

I think you should keep it moisturized so it doesn't form a black-red scab, which takes forever to heal. Try not to peel the top layer off when it's healing, even if it's yellow and unsightly. The new skin is attached to this yellow stuff.

All the other stuff work best in the earlier stages.

[justin122333]

i take valtrex now and it usualy comletely shuts down the cold sore on the spot but this time i couldnt take it soon enough so i got a bad one but its in the healing stage now so its a scab and is whitish in color and i was just wondering if theres anything to do to make it heal faster

ive heard all sorts of things from milk to a number of vitamins so I figured id ask on here

thanks-

[skinproblems23]

i have found that cold sores go away quickly if you take lysine (you can find it in the vitamin section)