Cold Sore Treatment

Although there is no permanent cure for the virus that causes cold sores there are a number of cold sore treatment products available that will help in a number of ways: reduce the duration of the cold sore, ease the discomfort and ensure that it does not spread. Catch the cold sore early enough and some cold sore treatments can prevent it from ever appearing.

Antiviral Cold Sore Creams

This is possibly the most popular type of cold sore treatment. Available over the counter at pharmacies or prescribed by you doctor, popular brands include Zorvirax and Fenistil. The active ingredient in most is aciclovir 5% w/w.

The main purpose of antiviral cold sore creams to speed up the healing of the cold sore but if the it is already established then it's duration - which can be weeks - can only be reduced by 1 or 2 days if at all. They do nothing to stop the cold sore returning in the future. Many report mixed results with antiviral cold sore treatments but they are inexpensive and easy to get hold of. You should at least try them once to see how they work for you. If you don't live near a pharmacy you can buy from a registered online pharmacy uk

Cold Sore Treatment Patches

These work by sealing the wound repelling water and potentially infection and bacteria, promoting the skin’s own healing mechanism. They claim to be as effective as the aciclovir 5% creams but again if the cold sore is already established it does little rather than mask the it.

Herpotherm

Shaped a bit like a lipstick HerpoTherm is small and compact device that can stop the development of cold sores when used in the early stages - before the blister appears. It works by subjecting the prospective cold sore to a very specific temperature (50-51 °C) which suppresses the virus and stops the cold sore from forming.

It is effective at stopping cold sores before they start - when you get that tingling sensation - but once again ineffective in the cold sore is already there. It can currently be purchase at Express Chemist (priced about £30)

Cold Sore Free Forever Method

This is a new method doing the rounds in the US. A long time cold sore sufferer - Derek Shepton - shares his technique on how he became free of cold sores for the last 5 years after suffering for 12.

You can download it immediately over the internet and comes with a guarantee that:
"if the product does not do exactly what it claims" you can have a full and prompt refund within 60 days of purchasing. Check it our here

Which cold sore treatment is best for me?

All the antiviral creams are very similar - they contain the same or similar active ingredient and are applied the same way. They only ease the symptoms and maybe shorten the duration slightly of the cold sore however.

The cold sore patches have been shown to work just as well as the antiviral creams but with it also has additional advantages if you don't mind having an invisible patch on your lip. But again they are just designed to ease discomfort from the cold sore.

Herpotherm is more a cold sore prevention device, as long as you catch it at the tingling phase before it develops studies have shown that Herpotherm can be very effective. It also has the advantage of being chemical free.

The Cold Sore Free Forever Method has received many positive reviews - you can read some testimonials here. There is no risk as you are protected by a 100% money back guarantee, so there is nothing to lose - apart from your cold sores.

“Cure your cold sores within 3 days once and for all
or your money back”