A member asked:

I have a cold sore it scabbed and fell off but now looks like another scab is forming i'm wondering how many scabs have to before it's completely gone?

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Dr. Donald Alves answered

Specializes in Emergency Medicine

One or more: No magic number, depends on skin conditions, moisture, picking at it, etc. More important is how well-healed / progressed the lesion is under scab when/if it comes off.

Answered 3/19/2014

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