How to Heal Cold Sores Overnight

Great tips on helping to banish cold sores ASAP so you can get back to your old self again.

Instructions

• 1

  Take 1,000-3,000 milligrams of lysine capsules. Also eat a lot of dairy products which they contain high amounts of lysine. Lysine is a protein that relpaces the building block of a herpes virus preventing the cell from cloning the virus.

• 2

  Aplly ice as soon as you feel the tingle or itch that typically is felt before sore pops up. keep the area from getting warm and moist b/c that is the kind of environment that the sore thrives in.

• 3

  Don't eat anything acidic such as tomatoes, soda, or oranges. Following this rule could cut your cold sores lifespan in half.

• 4

  Zinc, garlic, and olive oil can help heal a cold sore. Be careful with zinc supplements though b/c they can be dangerous in large amounts.

• 5

  Keep stress level down as much as possible. Stress can trigger and outbreak and so can other sicknesses. Go get a massage, take a hot bath, and practice breathing in and out to minimize stress and the severity of an outbreak.

• 6

  DO NOT TAN. If you tan a lot or work in the sun without suncreen that could be your biggest problem. Use spray tan or fake tanner sun is the worst thing for cold sores.

• 7

  Use a petroleum based antibiotic cream such as neosporin to seal in virus and prvent infection. Aplly with Q-tip virus can spread to other parts of your body through your hands. never pick or scratch area the sore will multiply.

• 8

  An anti-viral cream such as Zovirax which contains aciclovir an important active ingredient in healing cold sores. Put it on as early in the stage of a cold sore that you can it can also help existing cold sores, but the earlier the better.

• 9

  Go to a health food store and buy and immune building supplement or drink. One example is VIREXIN but a worker will help you find one of many great all-natural immune boosters which can help tremendously build up your body to expose and attack the virus.

• 10

  Dab tea tree oil on the sore once again using a Q-tip.