While cold sores are a pretty common complaint, knowing this isn’t going to make too many people feel better about having this unattractive, uncomfortable condition. Even if you happen to suffer from cold sores, you can cut down on the length of time it sticks around; and you may even be able to prevent one form happening in the first place.
A cold sore will usually heal in seven to ten days all by itself. However, this is a lot longer than most of us would like to have a cold sore. This is particularly true given the kind of timing that cold sores seem to have – they seem to know when you have a social obligation coming up and choose that time to appear. To cut down on the healing time, here are a few tips which can help. The first step is to know how cold sores work.
Cold sores are not curable – they’re a viral infection (herpes simplex). You can’t treat the infection with antibiotics. However, you can treat the symptoms, which cut down on the length of an outbreak.
