Cold sores, fever blisters, whatever you want to call them doesn’t matter. What does matter is that they are annoying, embarrassing, and painful. Trust me, I know your pain. My parents and I first found out that I had contracted herpes simplex 1 as a small child. As you may know, this is a common thing, I may have shared a drink with a friend, or been kissed by an adult who had the virus. I was always very embarrassed by my cold sores, especially because I got them frequently, and with me they usually lasted 10-14 days as opposed to the usual 7-10 days. Because of this, I’ve tried almost every oral herpes treatment you can imagine, with varying success rates.
From the time I was a child, into young adulthood I stuck to prescription treatments as much as possible. I had some success with these methods, but the success did not usually last long. The cost of these oral herpes treatments were also high enough to be problematic at times.
Most of these treatments were extremely expensive, especially over time. I just couldn’t justify the prices of these methods, considering they never worked as well as they should have. The cold sores always came back.
