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Cold sore day 7scabbing healin stage u want a scsb rite but everytime i swich the abreeva its pulls the scab that tryin to heal so keep dry with nothi?
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Leave it alone: After 7 days you should probably just leave it alone and it will heal up on its own in a few days.
Answered 2/22/2019
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