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[quote=Anonymous]I actually take one 1000mg tablet of L-Lysine a day to prevent cold sores. I now only get them about once a year. Seems to depend on the weather and how stressed I am-stress has a lot to do with it. Once I feel the tingling coming on, I start mega doses of Lysine (an amino acid your body does not naturally produce) and start applying Abreva (ridiculously expensive for a tube the size of my little toe nail) which does seem speed up the healing process. Still once one begins to appear, it is probably going to be a good week and a half before it is gone completely. Cold sores are a type of herpes virus that lies dormant at the base of nerves near the lip until triggered by the above mentioned stressors. PS, I don't usually try to cover them up and only apply the Abreva-Neosporin seems to do nothing. I think you actually want them to dry up and Neosporin adds moisture.[/quote]
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